Popular Mechanics ~ 1986

DECEMBER mb

6 Toys That Teach

TV« VCRs # CD Plaj
Stereo Accessories

How To Get The Most Out
Of What You Already Haw

8-WAY CAR TEST
We Wring Out All The
New-Desfgn Station Wagons

SERIOUS SURVIVAL GEAR
Life-Saving Equipment For

Today 's Modern Army

COMPUTER- GENERATED
WORLDS TV Screens Will
Link Us To Reality

WE DRIVE THE GREAT RACE

Pedal To The Metal In A 36 Ford

*

70 Years of

1917: Fora enters
the truck business
10 ssay.

1919 mcKfel trucks
are powered by Ford
30-nqrse Four.

1929 Ford A sets
iruck sales record
good for 19 years

1948 real li res square
fenders, n tab,
sp^re tire under bed

Few a 2 'k 3' color " 70 years." poster, send $2.00 wtth your rame and address to “70 Wans " P O &m. 1002 L, Toledo. OH

1951 has choice ol
\ 95-borsepo*er Si* r
1 lOD-tarso V^fi.

1935: Famed Ford V-S
engine boosts truck
powe?to75 HF

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Ford Pickups.

W3 continue? Ford
oice of Flareside
Styfeside body.

1 iflfi: Besl-se^inq

IMS debuts tough,
smooth Twin- I-Beam
Pront suspension.

And now...

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...announcing the new

1987 Ford pickup.
The new shape of toug h:

Now, 70 years of Ford truck toughness packed
into one terrific new pickup! New aerodynamic design.

New fuel-injected power standard. New rear antilock brakes.
For ’87 America's best-selling pickup* * gets even better!

Luxerioui cab
interior*.

Inside, you enjoy a new
level of comfort and
luxury. Behind the sporty
A- frame wheel is full
instrumentation backed
by a dozen labeled indica-
tor lights — all standard
Only Ford offers Regular,
SuperCab and Crew Cab.
Lifetime

Service Guarantee.

Participating Ford Dealers
stand behind their
customer paid work, in
writing, with a free
Lifetime Sendee Guar-
antee for as long as
you own your Ford
car or light truck.

Ask to see this
guarantee when you
visit your participat-
ing Ford Dealer.

Buckle up— together
we can save fives.

Rear antilock
brakes standard.

Now, a major advance in
braking control! All big
'87 Ford pickups feature

rkiS'iiu- TiHar snHlrvck brakes
— ucHjpicu wj help you
make straight, smooth
stops when traveling in
2 -wheel drive. Only Ford
has them. Standard!
These aerodynamic Fords
not only look new. They
change the way pickups
stop. go. ride and drive,

Best -Built
American Trucks

*bt years running.

Based on an average
of owner-reported
problems in the first
three months of ser-
vice of '86 models,
and in a six- month
period on ‘81 '85
models designed
and built in North
America. At Ford,
"Quality is job 1 "

rm Jv.-uLihlt'
i^poned

re4ad

finely equipped BfkJ
with a ftfUi wheel

Multiport
fuel injection-

New electronic injectors
beef up Fords 4.9L Six
with 20% more horse-
power — standard! V-8s
range from the most
powerful small V-8, the
fuel- injected 5.0L..
to the biggest gas and
diesel engines in any
pickup. You get up to
245 horsepower to
move payloads big as
5450 lbs, Or to tow over
twice that much.**

FuUy adjustable
a us pensions.

Ford front suspensions
have been redesigned
for truer tracking, longer
tire life. They re also
now fully adjustable
And for ’87 new gas-
pressurized shocks con-
tribute to a ride that's
smooth on the road yet
firm in rough going. Try
the ride of a full-size
Ford — Americas best-
selling pickup for nine
straight years.*

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Changing Channels

Today's electronics
gear must handle
an ever-widening
assortment of
entertainment sources.

Home HI-FI
Digital audio CDs
demand even higher
frdelrty from the rest
of the hi-fi chain.

Home Video
TV tech has entered a renaissance as innovation
and improvement proceed at an unprecedented rate.

90 Win A Stereo System

Enter our new contest and you could win a
state-of-the-art Sansui stereo system worth $4000.
System Maintenance
The right accessories can keep your home electronic
equipment out of the repair shop.
AUTOMQitt*

SO Testing the Wonder WdfOnl

DEPARTMENTS

6

Editor's Notes

36 Home Video

a

Letters

38 Workshop

16

Imports

Minicourse

14 Appliance Q/A

40 Inside Detroit

16

Electronics

46 Old House

20

Horn g own en 1 Q/A FTesto rati on

23 Aviation

4fl Science

24

Car Clinic

136 Worth Writing For

30

Freewheeling

137.139 Hints

32

Outdoors

150 Time Machine

55 The Great American Chase

PM takes to the road in a vintage-car rally.

58 Wonder Wagons

We test eight new high-tech station wagons.

12 0 PM L o ng-Term Car Tests

Here's our report on Olds Delta 88. Ford Taurus LX,
Mazda B2G00, Subaru 3- Door Turbo, Jeep Comanche.
129 Wundertan

We test-drive the 4-wheel-drive Porsche 959
and the new 32-valve 928S 4.

HOME AND SHOP

66 Teaching Toys

Our six easy-to-make toys will amuse and educate.

7 f Cut t erh cad Close up

Here's how to mill your own molding — and much
more — using a molding cutterhead.

1 1 S The Better Home

Use our guide to install trim work,

MILITARY

51 Bivouac 2 QQQ

Our future Army will reiy on the latest rn outdoor
technologies to fight harder, longer and more safely.

COMP LITERS

62 Fantastic Voyage

Revolutionary technology betng developed for fighter
pilots may help doctors travel inside a patient's body.

TECHNOLOGY

125 PM Technology Update

Read about the latest in space, engineering,
energy, electronics and the militar

POPULAR MECHANICS • DECEMBER I9S(,

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T he line comes at a crucial point in the movie “Fantastic Vtiyage.'* An out-of-
control vims is running rampant in the patient's body. Everything else has
been tried, H 'Weli s there's only one thing left to do/ 1 says Edmund O'Brien, the
chief medical officer, to Racquel Welch, -J We'll have to miniaturize a nuclear
submarine and crew and inject it into the guy's body. Once you're in his
bhsodstream. you'll have to destroy this deadly cancer." 1 I almost got the feeling

that I was in a similar science fiction
movie several months ago as Dr. Thomas
A. Furness spoke in our conference
room. l>r, Furness is chief of the Visual
Display Systems Branch of the Air Force
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
at Wright-Pat terson Air Force Ease in
Ohio — and the author of the article in this
issue called (what else?) Fantastic Vog ■
fig? ipage (id ). Dr. Furness and his staff
briefed us about the work going on in the
field of cnmputer-generatod virtual
worlds — worlds (hat don't exist in reali-
ty, only inside a computer and on a Star
Ware-looking face mask worn by the person using the system. It's an incredible
story that takes you into the next century, and from a medical operating room
of the future to the cockpit uf the Air Force’s developing Advanced Tactical
Fighter. I think you'll agree, after reading the article, that the future holds
some unbelievable stuff for all of us. . . . A lol more down to Earth is West
Cural. Editor Sieve Parker's account of his cross-country adventure in a H M
Ford as part of The Great American Race (page 55). What? You haven't heard
of The Great American Race? It's a cross-country jaunt Irons Los Angeles to
Mew York, in a car. Rig deal, right? Lots of people have driven from L.A, to
N r Y r C- The catch here is that no car can be jriwvr than a 1936 model. Kind of
makes, things interesting for participants and spectators alike. Our entry, Th?
Spirit Of WHke%-B$rre'
didn't win, Rut we did fin-
ish, and that's what counts
when you're pushing a 50-
vear-old automobile across
3000 miles of the U.S.A.

. . . And even further
down to Earth, Outdoors
Editor Tim Cole, Graphics
Director Bryan Canniff and
photographer Brian Wolfe
went camping with the
U,S, Army. No, none of
them re-upped. But spend-
ing the two days in the field
with the Rangers at Fort
Banning, Georgia, did give
ms some insight into the newest technology that has completely changed the
equipment used by, and the face of, today's modem Army (page 51), even
compared to the field gear used just 15 years ago hi Vietnam. . . . Reading the
Teaching Tvyu article (page G6) reminded me that you'd be reading this right
around the year-end holiday season, So I'm going to take Ebb opportunity to
wish you a very joyous holiday season
and hope you have a fabulous 1987.

Which is exactly what we intend to do
here at Popular Mechanics,

'Til next time.

Lean fighting machine: fllackhawfc chopper. Rangers

Dr, Thomas A. Furness: Probing the
fluid limits Of computer environments.

Edftorfn-Chief

Joe Oldham

Managing Editor

BilOlartford

Graphic! Director

Bryan Gumiff

Sclence/Teehmtogy

Dermis Eskow P editor

Automotive

WWLf- A, Hvyl , SAF, editor
Jim Dunne, Detroit editor
Mike Allen, assistant editor
Michael Urnret, Norman S. Maversohti,
Moit Schulte, RkhTaybr.
contributing editor

Home And Shop

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Joseph TYuirn, shop and tods editor
Hoy Berendsohn, assistant editor
Norman Becker, Ktisario CajK&tuKtij,
Stave TVrth p Huh Vila,
mnLnbulinjr editors

Eleetronlci./PrMrtfl^k'jiphy

Stephen A. Booth, OffiEor

Jam&aE, Meigjs, Frank Vizard,
cfinlrihliling pditars

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Timothy H. Cole, editor

West Cant

Steve Parker, editor

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John Bostonian Jr., art
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Art

John Johan ek, art director
Ahm Andresen, Ann Bennett,
Diane DePasque, associate art directors

Editorial Administration

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Editorial Offices

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photos. For return , they must the acrem-
panied by adequate iKwtage.

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POPULAR MECHANICS ■ DECEMBER 1^86

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WITH FIVE BUCKS
IN YOUR POCKET.”

—Test Pilot Chuck Yeager

Any Delco Battery’s a good deal to start with. And getting five bucks back makes
it even better.

Buy a maintenance -free Delco Battery between November 2, 1986, and January 3,
1987, and get a $5 rebate. This offers good on Dura Power 72, 60, 50 and 40 batteries,
as well as Freedom 60. 50 and 40, and all Voyager batteries.

Just see your AC-Delco retailer and pick up a rebate coupon for details. If you
can’t find him, just give me a call at 1-800 -AC -DELCO,

Requests must be received by January 16, 1987. Offer void where prohibited.

Stay aheadvf trouble v
with AC-Deko.^-

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION^ \

. ' v v V.

Letters

Ford Fans Fume

Owners of FotcTj Bronco IP gfue Jt a higher rating than PM dkJ.

I agree that the CMC Jim-
my is the best utility vehi-
cle on the market at first
glance (PM Comparison
Text; Off-Road Warrior#,
page 74 p Sept. '86), But I
gave up on GMC and bought
a Bronco II this spring. Vm
getting & more rnpg when
towing a boat and the Ford is
perfect for off-roading to
out-of-the-way lakes. After
10 T 00CI troublefree miles,
this ts one former GM truck
fen who concludes the Bron-
co II is better than the Jim-
my. When l h&d my "85 Jim-
my, it went to the shop twice
for engine work and three
times for transmission trou-

ble P and needed a complete
overhaul after only SB, GOO
mites. The problems never
ended, JAMLE W. DeLUZJER
CLERMONT, FL

You should recheck your off-
road test data and see if you
rated the Bronco II fairly. I
recently bought a Bronco II
after extensive comparison
shopping. The Brenco is
much more comfortable than
the GMCChevy twins or the
Japanese imports. And I
can't agree with your com-
ments about ""lackadaisical"
acceleration with the SL9-li-
Ler V6, EVAN HUME

LA WHENCE VI LI .E , Ni

Lots of letters

I have a slight correction
about the letter designations
TBF and TBM mentioned in
the letter from Richard C,
Reed, LCDR USNR (Ret.),
in September’s Letters col-
umn (page 6). TheTBM wib
built by General Motors* not
Martin. 1 should know since
1 was an engineer on the
project and saw the fir&t
TBM take off on its trial
flight. PAUL HAUER

MONTQU RH VIIjIj K, I s A

As a sidepoint of interest*
the General Motors TBMs

carried three Browning .50
caliber machine guns, pi m a
_3fl caliber machine gun in
the stinger. Most of these
guns that I worked with
were made by Singer Sew-
ing Machine Co.

A C. WILSON
OTTAWA, EL

We also have to thank the
other fliers, engineers and
aircreumen who set us
straight m TBM a nd shared
their knowledge and first-
hand experience about how
American industry met the
challenge of WWIL

A toast to PM

Our Sunbeam Radiant Model
T-S5 Toaster has been m op-
eration since I960* One
morning, when we couldn't
get it to accept a slice of
bread, my wife said it was
Lime for a new one. But that
very night while reading
your May issue, I was star-
tled to see the item 'Testy
Toaster” {Appliance Clime,

\ page 26). You know the rest,

j RICHARD D. COWHEft

SANDY RIDGE, PA

My Sears washer had the
same symptoms as the. one in
your ‘‘Buzzing Washer'* item
(Appliance Clime, page 32 t
Feb. '86). Even though the
model number of mine is dif-
ferent, the cure was the
same. For leas money than a
service call, 1 now have a
washer that runs and sounds
like a brand-new machine.

MARK R. BREIDENTHALL
WARMINSTER, FA

[ want to thank Norman
Becker for the September
column on water-heater
safety (Homeowners Clinic,
page 27). After reading the
article, I went to check on
my preBaure-relief valve and
discovered that the water
heater (installed in 1981) had
no preflaure-rehef valve at
all! I’ve never had any par-
ticular interest in plumbing,
and never paid much atten-
tion to the water heater until
I read your article.

Nf&edlesa to say, I called
the plumber right away to
install the proper valve.

Thanks again. You may
I wed have saved me from ex-
pensive damage or even
worse. DAN BLACKBURN
DALLAS, TX

Sawdust in VCR?

You said that a commercially

KMOn'S butcher Bto0< E-abJe

based on PM kitchen cart plans.

available cleaning cartridge
i& all you need if your VCR is ■
the front-loading type {VCR
Tunetxp, page 140, Aug. ’85).

A friend in the business says
the highly abrasive doth in a
cleaning cartridge will
abrade the heads and short-
en the Hie of my VCR.
Would it be better to remove
the top of my VCR and do
the cleaning by hand?

Also, I've enclosed a photo
of & butcher block table I
made based on your kitchen
cart (7 Expert Ways To
Make Butcher Block, page
76, Sept. r $4). It was. my first
experience with this type of
woodworking and r thanks to
your plans, the result is ter-
rific. LARRY N ADZ AN

Warrington, fa

A armmercial cleaning Car’
tridge — wet nr dry — is the.
mast effective way fa clean
the heath of a frotit- loading
VCR. But don't use it too
often. Don't ruen u&e it f(d~
lowing anyone's recom-
mended ■maitftrtmwce xehed*
uie m Use it only when picture
quality has hteriijtraied.

Counterpoint

Thanks for the article The
Toys Of Summer (page H&,
Aug. 9 SS). You may have en-
couraged the ruination of
more once-beautiful, quiet,
clean, little beaches with the
mar, stink and oil a lick of
these monsters. They are to
the lakes what ATVa are to
the woods, FRAN K WALL
DOWNERS GROVE, IL

PM starts cars

Thank you for the informa-
tion about porous Nissan
Sentra distributor caps in
the July Car Clink ("S
marks the spot," page 40),
Our major symptom was a
little different: If wn started
a cold engine, and our first
trip was short VA to 1 mile),
the car would not restart.
The deafer tried to diagnose
and solve the problem three
times, but never had any
success — not until we
brought in the pages of Car
Clinic with the utformaltan
about replacing those dis-
tributor caps. Thanks again!

AMY AND DENNIS DAVIS
ANAHEIM, CA

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POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 1906

9

Imports

New BMW VI 2 7 -Series

ItV realty not a firsl. BMW
made a 12-cyliiider engine in
L he *30s. The big mntor look
the Ju 52 almost to 100 mph.
The Ju 52 was the famous;
Junkers trimotor- a freight
airplane that carried 2 met-
ric coils with [Is huge, iiA5-hp
IS. MW pmverplgjiLK.

In cars* BMW has never
hail anyth mg larger than
eight cylinders, and there
were very few of them. With
its current line. BMW is
known as the ^-cylinder car
models have
num-

cyHlidcrfi. hut with
displacements.

But in another year or so.
the new 7- Scries bcxly (avail -
able here around March of

l*Bfl BMW 7SQS with new H/17
will be much farter, more ex-
pensive than the current 7331

nest year) will [tack a Y12,
The flagship model, to be
designated the 75tii. will be
considerably more € fc x|sc-ra-
save than the current 735i,
which is now $4fi,f375 in its
L7 trim.

Other 1987 prices at the
tup of the BMW line are
£12,475 for the base 7W and
m,\*& for the The

3-Heriofl cars now start at
*21,475, for the aSBe.

BY BILL HARTFORD

New Mercedes Sports Car

Full-speed -jJnead for rate 90s production Ji an all-new stOSL

Little fsuzu's Mister Two

t$uzu COA-2 is mid-engine lert bed with inEercnoPed, dohe furbu.

It's Isuzu's "maybe" TiHwJel.

T here's really nothing
w rung wi t h a I [*#7 5< jOS I ..
J^uater; mind you. Il'sjust
I hat my heart hus always,
been set 031 the classic body:
A m iu 250SL would do just
nicely. But now, with the
word out — and a photo — of a
new 'Swor'MSJ- SL, the %1 will
probab^ take a jump in
price. And, with the "87 Si ,
about to become a “elastic, Pl
then ? 1 El probably I n* u rush
fur them, too. It happem
every time a new-generatbn
SL nears production. Of
course, t bores something to
be said fur a thoroughly mod-
ern Mercedes, especially L h i ^
w*r r? wedge with all the

works. Among the works, if
it works, will he something
an SL has never had: a roll
bar, one that pups up into
[MtfHifin only when sensors
In thi j chassis tell it that
you Ye about to roll over. If
you dmi’t 3n>r' your head over
that feature, therein be mure
to dazade you: a rkle-heighc
control system to hunker
down the car at speed: 4mu-
tic system for conirulling
wheel slip under braking and
acceleration; 5. ti- liter VS, of
morse, wit h your eurnmanits
transmitted to it by a non me -
ehaniral linkage, kamwn as
"fly-by- wire” to jet pilots*
Maybe modern ain't sip bar I.

This pretty taiga tup* if it ’ft
ever pr^uced will be little
teussuY way srf one-upping
Goliath Toyota’s MR2. The
mic I engine, 2- sealer Mister
Twn tester I the waters ami
found them roiling with cus-
turners for well-executed, af-

fordably priced, real shirts
rails, not make-believe
frhi ears. The Isu m C<)A-
2 V edge is ihe way it puis
power to the [lavement:
through all fu ur wheels. And
a 1 13- valve intercnoled turbo
makes sure there's plenty of
uomph in go around.

GM goes soft

The little on iho European
front between Fond acid GM
1 will heat Lip with the inl.ru-
b duct ion of a new Opel U\
W be called Omega, Then's
not a hard edge to be found
[in this sedan, which claims
aerodynamic tour fir
force: U.28 t“ f i, a record low

for a car of this class. Eh-
signed with flush -fitting side
glass and assuming a shape
that evolved fiTun months of
wind-tunnel testing, ihi-
OinegiL goes up against Fort!
[if Europe's sujrer-smnnth
Scorpio. Tm| 1 power in Ihe
Omega Tin HI, will be 177 hp
from a 3- liter Six. PM

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you even further.

Whatever your goals, the Air Force will
equip you with the skills to get where you
want to be.

If you're looking seriously into your
future, Aim High to a future in the Air Force.
Visit vour Air Force recruiter today or call
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Who said never look back? Its where
you’ll find some of the Civic 4-Door Sedan’s
best features,

'I’hc trunk, for example. R>p it open
with a remote release. 'Then fill ’er up.
Groceries for a week or luggage for a week’s

vacation arc an casv fit.

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You’ll also be happy to know that our
backseat doesn’t take a backseat. 'I 'here’s
plenty of room for adul ts. Honest.

If your passengers happen to be just a
bit younger, you'll find special child safety'

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worth mentioning behind you/Hic steering
wheel is adjustable/ ITe instrument panel is
neat. logical, The view forward is great.
And with a peppy 1.5 liter 12-valve
engine, the Civic Sedan is fun to drive. Now
that gives you something to look forward to.

EJ

Civic 4-Door Sedan

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Soapy Film On Dishes

Worth repairing

My 1966 Maytag washer with
suds saver. Model TA606, se-
rial No, 324008BH, has begun
leaking when it starts empty-
ing out. A repairman told us
the suds saving unit needed to
be replaced.

When I went to buy the
new unit, I was asked if I
wanted just its valve, Given
the washer's age, do you
think a new valve alone would
solve the problem? Is it even
worth retiring?

CURTIS FRANKLIN
CLEVELAND, OH

■ have a Kitchenaid dish-
washer, model No, KDS-
| 18, serial No, 221386®!. Af-
ter n complete wash, rins^
and dry cycle, the glasses and
the dishes below them appear
with a soapy film. Fve tried
cutting dowm the soap, but
this hasn't helped. Also, the
soap []is|*enser IS partially full
at the end of the cycle. By
opening the washer door fre-
quently during a wash or
rinse cycle, I noticed the
spray arms hardly rotating,
although water is spouting
from them. Sometimes they
move slightly in a clockwise
direction. Both dispensers ro-
tate freely by hand, I assume
the arms spin by water pres-
sure from the pump. No lurk
of pressure is noticeable when
the pump is removing water
from the washer.

D.L KLEBEN0V
KNOXVILLE, TN

Sound b ik f if you re not get-
ting enough nuter into the
ivash tub. There could U f tiw
reasons for this. It may t*e
due to either « dogged ini ft
fill valve strainer or t 1 rnafer
fill mlve that is operating
erratically — OTirtefriJi* 1 -# it

fills the leather and other
times if doesn't because of a
bad solenoid coil on the valve,
A low water level icotthl
affect water pump pressure,
preventing the joroi/ hydro
sweep from turn mg nf the
right speed and. in turn, af-
fecting wash quality.

To check fora clogged inlet
fill icihe stra iner. discon necf
the power io the machine and
shut off its wafer supply. Re-
mow the machines foiver

front service panel. Once the.
panel is removed, you'll me
the water fill mice mt the far
left, next la the drain mloe.
Disconnect the wires from its
solenoid coils. Remove the
water inlet piping from the
mil's— bestirs to place an old
towel under the machine to
catch the renter that will spill
out. Now remoi «c the rubber
fill line hose on the other side
of the rt live which feeds into
the nxish tub.

Remove the two Mounting
bmcket screws on the plate
that holds the mice bmcket to
the frame. Once the uahw is
out. remove it from the
mounting bmcket. I aside the
valve you'll see the strainer:
puli it out and dean if care-
fully with «;J. old toothbrush
or by rinsing it under a fau-
cet. Put the screen back in the
naive body and reinstall it in
the Washer

Now plug the machine back
in and 8 tart it of. the begin-
ning of the normal wash cy-
cle. Let the tub fill with water.
Once you hear the tmier mlm
stop filling, open the door and
cheek the water height in the
tub. The water should be up to
the outer edge of the sin inless
steel strainer beneath f he hy-
dro sweep (about II or ?
quarts).

Ned. you should done the
tioorand restart the machine.
Let the dishwasher cycle to
the fourth or fifth wash posy-
tkm. Open the door and check
the uyiter height. Now it
should he about halfway over
the top of the strainer {about fl
quarts h

If if* no t, replace the fill
valvs, Kitchemid part No.
2+2905 ($231 The. kit cun be.
ordered through any autho-
rized Kitchemid parts dis-
tributor in your area.

If I were repairing the ma-
chine, I would first ask my-
self if there ran? any other
problems with it; Does the
timer stick? Is it noisy during
the spin cycle? Is the pump
okay? If you. haven't hod ma-
jor problems with it, then buy
the dii-erter valve body with
flapper, Maytag part No. 2-
2.m (about mi If the
mounting bracket and the so-
lenoid are rusted, then buy
the cut ire diverter mloe body,
flapper bracket a nd solenoid,
Maytag part No. 2-116$
(about $+&),

Mouse blanket

Is it safe to jjatch the heating
wires in an electric blanket?
My blanket es a Montgomery
Ward twin-size, single control
model. A mouse gnawed
through a wire, but J can still
get two ends of the wire to
touch. I wouldn’t bother re-
pairing the blanket, but it's
one of a jjair and it's only been
used three or four times.
Thank you for your help,

FRANCES LOWRY
ALMONT, CO

Electric blankets arc made
according to Urtderwrtiers
Laboratories standards, with
electrical components sealed
inside. If is neither safe nor
wcrnnmc nded that n home re-
pair be made to the blanket or
the control. Repairs should be
made by an authorized ser-
vice agency.

Your blanket hem made by
the Northern Electric Co, for
Montgomery Word. If the
blanket is stilt under uartOn-
ty , send it and a teller ex-
plain wy what happened to
the company. Include a check
fnr$l£.25 to pay for repairing
it , if possible. I f it's raof re-
paimble, the company will
send you a new blanket.

Addi'em your ictier to
Northern Electric Co., Rus-
sell Dr., Waynesboro, MS
J9J0T. Attn.: Sen-iee Dept-
Manager, V94

If j}(.w haw & pnibttm into any
ilftpliancf, jrrj^riyju/.il-riiJJr.rtJwMiv

the modri and wn'd
tn Appliance Clinic, Popular Me-
chanics. m Wut STtk St-, Ntw
York, NY ;w;i Sorry. M letter*
cannot be answered ind^din ilty.
Problem* of wide iiriM MflW V
diwu&Hfti in tki# «jJ4*fnw.

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POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 3986

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Electronics

stay tuned. Meanwhile, it's
now possible for you to do
digital recording at home.
Actually, it h s been possible
since 19£2. All you need is a
decent video cassette re-
corder and a device called a
PCM processor, PCM stands
for pulse-code modulation
and it's the method by which
analog sound waves arc digi-
tised- You connect the pro-
cessor to your VCR then
feed the sound— cither from
live music or a prerecorded
source — to the PCM proces-

Do-It-Yourself Digital

Y ou're probably familiar
with, the digital audio
compact disc and the no-
holds-barred musical fidelity
it is capable of delivering
when the original program
material has been recorded
digitally.

Digital recording is an ex-
pensive proposition com-

and working prototypes
have been demonstrated
over the past 12 months.

What's holding up produc-
tion is financial concerns
among hi-fi equipment mak-
ers and record producers,
Simply > the hi-fi manufactur-
ers are afraid that if we can
huy digital cassette decks,

Digital recorder by CompuSonla u>ci opEkdl dlso-

pared to the analog reebto-
reel tape decks that have
been in use for the past 30-
odd years. Of the thousands
of recording studios in the
ICS, alone, only a few hun-
dred are now equipped with
digital recorders.

That situation will change
rapidly as the price of digital
technology drops. And then
you can expect to make digi-
tal recordings at home — just
as yon can make analog (apes
today on relatively inexpen-
sive cassette decks..

In fact H home digital re-
cording is closer than you
think. As I w p rite lhis s Vm
setting off tg Japan tu look at
the now breed of digital au-
dio cassette decks in the
making. More to the point,
III be trying to find out just
when these cassette record-
ers will go on-sale. They've
long left the drawing board

we won't buy digital compact
disc players- That presumes
that we'll be able to buy mu-
sic on digital cassettes. Rut
the record companies are
against the idea. They've in-
vested a small fortune in
compact disc pressing
plants, which have yet to pay
for themselves. That's not
all: The record companies
don't want digital record-
ing ability to fall into the
hands of consumers,
afraid that well all
the business of making per-
fect digital duplicates of
compact discs for our friends
and, thereby, cut into Tin
Pan Alley’s revenues.

This ehicken-and-egg
lemma will likely find a solu-
tion in the coming months—

Small speaker emits Mg

sound 1 through Bose acoustic

waveguide In Zenith TV,

SOI'.

PCM processors haven't
made great inroads among
the music -loving public. One
reason U their relatively
steep price— anywhere be-
tween $1000 and $2000 .

Another reason for their
lack of popularity is the in-
convenience oPIistemng 11 to
bulky video cassettes.
Though you can put night
hours of tunes on a VHS
tape, you can't slip that tape
into your ear s tape deck or a
headphone portable.

Now. CompuServes of
Palo Alto, California, offers
another w ay to perform digi-
tal recording at home.

The company's DSP-1000
recorder uses optical discs to
store music digitally.
Though the CompuSnmc
discs look like compact discs,
they Ye not compatible with
conventional CD players.

The blank discs aren't
cheap, either: They'll put
you back $100 for a 1-hour
platter, $175 for a double-

sided 2-hoUr disc. The DSP-
1000 itself is about the price
of a small car: $0095,

Besides the price, the
trouble with CompuSonic
discs is that you can't play
them in your car because the
company doesn't offer an au-
tosound version.

In comparison, the digital
audio cassette decks now on
hoEd in Japan should cost
about $800 and will be avail-
able for cars, too.

TV sound
gets bigger

Television manufacturers
won't leave the old set alone.
We've seen screens get big-
ger, flatter and squarer. The
pictures they display are
dramatically sharper. The
once dull audio portion is
even in stereo.

But now. American TV
pioneer Zenith ha* taken on
what has traditionally been
one of the weakest aspects of
most TV sets, including ste-
reo models: wimpy sound
quality.

Four new sets from Zenith
employ a radical louds!>eaker
technology, developed by
Rose, to take TV sound
where no TV has gone be-
fore. All four of these
models (SCmiS, SC2793P,
SC2747F and EC2749Y— all
priced about. $14001 are ub
trasophssticated monitor re-
ceivers, offering digital cir-
cuitry, the ability to receive
teletext services, and built-
in decoders to receive stereo
TV broadcasts .

On the sound side, the sets
have small t weeter speaker
up front much like any stereo
TV. But concealed in the
back of the set is the remark-
able Rose acoustic wave-
guide speaker system I re-
I>orted on nearly two years
ago {PM Electron ics Moni-
tor^ page 14, Mar. '85).

The speaker is a box- like
contraption that contains a
long, folded lube. A small
speaker cone moves air into
the tube, producing bass re-
sponse and clarity you'd only
expect to hoar in a much
larger, conventional loud-
speaker. Let’s hope other
manufacturers take the hint
and try to outdo the Zeniths
Bose dun, 1M

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BY NORMAN BECKER, PE.

Peeling Paint Problems

I elp! We bought a 30-year-old house with wallpaper on
almost every interior wall. We steamed off the paper
and painted with a water- base jiainL Unfortunately, we
painted the kitehen ivall^ without knowing the paint beneath
the wallpaper was oil-base. Now every time I wipe finger-
prints off the wall or when the water from the sink splashes
on it, the paint pooh riff. Can we strip the water-ba&e paint
off the oil-base? d. j ki ewi cat

BAEZSTUW, CA

/ guess you learned lire hard way not tu roi^r nil-base
paint with latex and rice versa, unless the area is primed
first. Remove loose r peeling point before ref ini, shinty the
walls, l won hi not me a chemical stripper bn t mm id xand off
hose sections using a pole sunder whew necessary.

Oner all loose paint has been remaned, nth down the mills
with a damp cloth to pick- up the dust. When dry, cover the
trails with an aihhase primer- sealer. Once primed . you can
tap coat with oil or later paint ,

For future ne/rp¥iic# l test paint by rubbing a smalt
concealed patch of wait with a cation swah dipped in
denatu red alcohol. The alcohol will break down the later so it
feck dicky, but it wilt wit do this to oil-base paint.

Chipped bowl

We recently moved into a
condominium anti noticed
our toilet bowl has a chipped
section ahnui an inch below
ibe water line. It’s not
chipped through and there
appears to be no leakage.
Can we cosmetically repair
this? MICHAEL PHI LIFE
SHELBURNE, VT

Mast toilet bowk a re made
of china because ik glazed
surface is nonparo us and
easy to keep dean. But once
the inside of the inrwt is
chipped > even a patch that's
a good color match will dis-
color itt timer Yon can bug a
J-parf epoxy patch kit from
go a r loco l pt it m bi ug & n pphp
The patch wilt have to be
painted with color- matched
touch up fwrnt. To patch the
urea, first drain the bowl.
Shut off its water supply,
flush it and sponge it dry.
Aug water left in the bind
should be below the chipped
out area. Wipe the chipped
area with alcohol to remove
a n g remain ing moist ure .

Mix the i iS^pari epoxy
ffatch formula into a heavy
jxisfe and fill the chipped
area. Smooth it off, let dry
then apply the ttmthup
jtainf. The patch will discol-
or ci-cntually, bat it stilt
should be an improvetmnL

SERVICE TIP

No bouse is maintenance
free, tls important lo peri-
odically check if elements
of ihe house are malfunc-
tioning, damaged or dete-
riorating. This prevents
minor problems from be-
coming major ones.

The mam elemenls to
be checked are founda-
Hon walls, roofs and gut-
ters exterior walls, doors
find windows, eleelncal
components,, plumbing,
heating and cooling, and
interior component. To
help keep I rack of Ihese
areas, the American Soci-
ety Of Home Inspectors
offers a pamphlei, ' Main-
laming Your Hamer It

has a lisi of things lo do
and chock seasonally and
periodicity.

For your copy, s£nd Si
and a sed-addressed.

stamped envelope to
ASHI, 1010 Wisconsin
Ave. N.W., Suite 630,
Washington, O.C. 20007.

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A case of mistaken

I recently nut iced sawdust
cm the Poor below a wood
beam in my basement, Is
this an indication of a termite
condition: WANE BRESS

SI'RINU VALLEY, NY

So, ifs more likely an in-
dication of mrfwntec ant ac-
tivity. Carpenter ants, un-
like termites, do not eat
umad. They Merely excondw
it to build a nest, The small
fragments of shredded (mod
they generate during the ex-
tra ml ion are removed by the
ants and deposited outside
the excavation ,

Termites, however, c om-
pb.tety devour wood they are
attacking and leave uo wood
particles twhimt.

Both carpenter ants and
termites have w rigid caste

identity

system within their colonies,
Reprodtititiw insects from
these colonies periodically
sprout wings and fly off to
set up new colonies (swarm-
ing), The two insects look
alike but the mast reeag niz-
abled iff ere n ce bet. ween them
is that the ants have a
pinched waistline,

A carpenter ant infesta-
tion ccnj only be eliminated
by destroying the nest, which
can sometimes be. located by
watching the ant traffic.
Once found, it can be de-
stroyed with insecticide. I f it
can't be found, individual
outs can he controlled with
dust or spray insecticides .
Remember to exercise cau-
tion when using insecticides
and follow the manufactur-
er's directions, M*

STRAIGHT ANTENNAS

03CWEP ANTENNAS

THKIK

WAIST

TERMITE

ANT

Carpenter ants leave behind sawdust as teifcafe ikjni of tlwlr
excavations. Termites dont; they eat the wood they Inhabit.

XI

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I

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CHIiw&cce$$nry hits available.

Whafe as simple to use as an ordinary screwdriver but twice as fast?
Tire Skil MsFocraless power screwdriver

Its powerful high torque motor lets you drive and remove screws more
easily than ever before.

And its handy r storage/ recharging unit keeps it always ready to use.
Get the Skil TWist at hardware stores and home centers ~
everywhere. J/y/4

At under $25, it, makes a perfect gill for anyone who The Power ibol
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HAVE

FINALLY DEVELOPED AN ECONOMICAL
ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTOMOBILE.

At a time when japan's air engineers are
aelmowleelgecl as being among the best in the
w< >tIl_L we’d like to acknow ledge some who may
lv even tetter.

Isuzu’s track engineers,

tor starters, consider price. At $6189,* the PL IP
you see here is nor only the It west j mi cal
Japanese truck, irsalsoprieeviubiHit 5 LOCO

It Aver than the ; iveragc price t ih ij, ip: inese imj n htt
car,* ' ct insider ecormmy. The HPA rates it at
MI\ j City and h 1 lighway. Two

numtvis that a numlvr of Japanese economy
cats have trouble matching. Or finally, consider
practical! tv. This Istru P'UP not only carries
three in a unti ht, it gives v hi a cargo bed that'll
cam' practically anything.

St i bcti ire you rush t Hit and buy a Japanese car,
perhaps you should stop lor a moment and
consider yc iur alternatives.

Starting, t it ct wise, with ours.

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T1 IE FIRST CAR BUILDERS OF JAPAN.

Aviation

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Dig Iflo- L |rr pane' of Piper Aztec NSJA shows actual n-ButJcdJ milti
pet gallon, garrom to destination and gallons reserve.

MJHusi flights teach you
1W1 something. L got a big
lesson late one night last
summer. We were halfway
across Lake Erie on our way
between New Y ork and Pon-
tiac, Michigan, in the Aztec
NS7A I had just bought.

We were at 10,000 ft, in
the clouds and the ride was
getting rough. Center had a
line of T ’Storms on their
screen about 100 miles
south, but we were painting
some bright precip on the
radar pretty close off our left
wingtip. Things were get-
ting a little more than
bouncy with some speed ex-
cursions becoming evident,

it was time to witch
tanks and I kept my eye on
the gauges.

The right outboards
showed about a quarter full,
but the left outboards were
bouncing off empty. With
both fuel pumps on, I had my
hand on the left tank selector
ready to switch at the first
burp. And then it came. I

swung the left tank selector
backward to the full inboard
tank, but the loft engine
wasn't the one that burped.
Meanwhile, the right engine
ran out of fuel flow complete-
ly, The plane yawed sharply
right and 1 jabbed the left
rudder, attempting to keep
things straight and level,
With my eyes nailed to the
attitude indicator, I pulled
the right mixture back to
idle cutoff and fumbled for
the right fuel selector in the
dark. I finally got it swung
over to the inboard position.
Feeding the mixture back in
slowly, the right engine re-
sumed its normal drone.

After we landed in Ponti-
ac, 1 had the Aztec topped off
and checked the numbers.
The left outboard, which had
been reading empty, had 6
gallons left- The right out-
board, which was showing a
quarter fob. was bone dry.

There are few things in
this world that arc mom im-
precise than airplane fuel

gauges. Enter the Shadin
Digifln-L fuel metering unit.
Fuel digitizers have been out
for a number of years. These
devices position a free-spin-
ning wheel in the fuel line
just ahead of the carburetor
or fuel-injection unit. Each
time the wheel makes a com-
plete turn, it breaks a light
beam. This information is
transmitted via a transducer
to a minicomputer contained
in the paneS-mounted indica-
tor head that computes the
spins of the wheel into the
amount of fuel burn.

You enter the total
amount of fuel in the tanks
when you top off. The digi-
tizer then tells you how
many gallons [or pounds) per
hour the engine is burning,
deducts this from the total,
and shows you how much
you've burned and— more
importantly— almost exactly
what you have left.

Since the Lake Erie expe-
rience and other fuel-con-
sumption cliff-hangers , we
had been toying with the
idea of installing a fuel me-
tering unit in the Aztec.

We decided on the Shadin
unit because of its unique
capability of coupling with
our Apollo II Loran to com-
pute fuel bum according to
gnm nd&pe&L

The Shadin Digiflo-L lists
for $15% for a single and
$1995 for a twin plus trans-
ducers and hard ware.

We had the unit installed
by the lAs at our home han-
gar at MacDan ’Aviation in
Caldwell, New Jersey, and it
took about 15 hours to get
the job done. A realistic
ready-to-fly bottomline for
the bigi0o-L, the way we
estimate il 1 would be about
$2000 for a single and 13000
for a twin.

How does it work? Su-
perbly h Startup is simple.
The DigifloL has a nonvola-
tile memory and remembers
the numbers even when it’s
shut down. So It's unneces-
sary to re-enter the totals
each time you fly. When you
top off, you input the new
total.

To begin, you push a but-
ton and the system utilizes
diagnostic software to chock
itself. On the twin model, the

two lower windows show
fuel bum at all Limes. These
are especially handy when
used in conjunction with the
EGT to lean the mixture.

The top window displays
four other functions as di-
rected by a rotary switch.
With the push of ono of two
buttons, it will also show gab
Ions of fuel used and gallons
remaining.

The system’s endumne*
function shows in hoUi-s and
minutes how 1 much time the
airplane will fly at the cur-
rent power settings.

The gat. Twerv? function
calculates the amount of fuel
which wit! be left on board,
at current power settings
and according to cuirent
groundspeed, w hen the air-
craft reaches its destination ,
as indicated by the destina-
tion waypoint set in the Lo-
ran. If that number is less
than the endurance to reach
the destination, plus fly for
45 additional minutes, the
numbers will flash.

The gal, to dext (nation cal-
culates the amount of fuel it
will take to reach the desti-
nation set in i he Loran at
current power settings and
under current wind condi-
tions. If the fuel on tn^rd
isn't enough, the display
flashes and the amount of
fuel short will show, preced-
ed by a negative sign.

The nniigaL position is the
most interesting and useful
feature, it shows the most
efficient cruise and optienum
cruise speed as dictated by
headwind^ tailwind or no-
wind conditions related to
the groundspeed that was
input by the Loran. By se-
lecting the power setting
which yields the highest nau-
tical miles per gallon, it will
indicate the best range for
the fuel onboard.

We are thoroughly satis-
fled with the Shadin Digiflo-
L. Next to the Loran unit
itself, the new fuel-flow indi-
cator is the most useful addi-
tion we ve made to the plane.

When a friend spotted the
unit in the Aztec's instru-
ment panel, he commented:
“New toy, huh? 11

H No. Security blanket,”
we answered.

—Fred Mackerodt

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Blackhawks, and other off-road vehicles.

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"Pickup trucks equipped with caps
generaly don't have a means ol
securing loose objects carried in the
truck bed," says W E. Power of North
Hero, \ferrrant M t solved this prob-
lem by replacing the fasteners Dhai
hold Ihe cap to Ehe Jip of the bed with
eyebolts of the same diameter and
length. The eyes make perfect hitch-
es (or lie-down straps or rope."

HEXNLF7

cur BOLT
IF NECESARV

engine. The car was towed to Ehe deal-
er, whn made a repair that lasted until
the other day. Then, the three bolts
seit 1 wed into the pulley bmke ofT, and
the pulley again flew loose. I asked the
service manager Lo secure the pulley
with graded bolts instead of the cheap-
er grade 2 bolts Caddy uses. He said it
wouldn't do any good— that he has had
guile a number of other customer's with
the same trouble, and no matter what
method he tries, these pulleys keep
coming off. What's the solution?

C E JORDAN

KEYSES, WY

Cadillac says it has come up with the
solution. Your dealer should have got-
ten Ihe "ward” in Product Campaicpi
Bulletin (PUB) 85 -Cl ami I A, Differ-
ent holts won't help, because bafts only
hold the pulley to the huh. The huh is
pressed onto the water pump shaft. The
trouble comes about because the huh
separates from the shaft — not the pul-
ley fm>n the hub. The baits on your
pulley may have broken when ihe pul-
ley hit something after it flew off the
huh. There are a couple of procedures
described in PCS 85-C-l and M. Most
important in the installation of a new
water pump f part No. 8&HG06 ) that
unit hold the huh in place. Don't take

SERVICE TIPS

■ Don't let anyone tafl you cdd-slart
sizing or sagging on accelerator)! e "the
nature of the boast" for a 1 966 Caravan,
Woyagar or Ram iten wrrh a 2.2-Mer
en^ie. According to TSS IB-31 -86. A
new emissions package has been issued
to defang thii animal. The part number (or
vehicles with manual iransmissiofi is
4419410: automatic, 4419*1 1

■ H your eariy-bitft 1986 Tfryota Ceica
has in annoying (fronrig noise at tigher
speeds, possibly accompanied by a vi-
bration or buizng from the instrument
panel, show your dealer how smart you
am by teftng hrn Ehe pfobiem is wiejnat’
ing outside the tar— with ihe ihe
catalytic convertor ts supported on rubber
donut-type hangers. The wtwte story Is
recited ii TSB 01 1 (Engine) dated S iv&B.

■ Premature dutch wear on 1984-65
and some earty-feMt 1 906 F*>ntiec Pioroe
may be traced to a dutch master cyitoder
thal isn't Uy releasing, so the dutch
stays pertlaiy engaged. Ask the dealer to
shim tiie cylinder using a 2mm spacer
(pert No. 10CM6S16) as deleted in TSB
66-7-34.

■ The American Petroleum institute says
that continuous contact with used motor
erf has caused skin cancer in mice. Al-
though the effects ol oi on hunans has
nol been established, why take chances?
Wear rubber gloves when (taring oi; it
ary gets on you skin, wash al of it off
immerlalely.

your time getting the. car to a dealer to
hare this icnrJL’ ffowe; There's a definite
time limit on this Product. Campaign,
After it expires, you revert to the ±8-
rmynthf5Q f GQQ-mile warranty note in ef-
fect for this engine. When those limits
expire, the iTjmircost is your problem Y
not Caddy's.

Yammer about camber

My 1985 Nissan 200SX is on ils second
set of rear fires, shooting for No. 3, in
only 37,500 miles. Inner tread wear is
unbelievable, and repairs by my Nissan
dealer can 1 ! seem to stop the problem.
The from tires, winch you VI expect to
wear out faster, are still the original.
You're my last hope — also my cousin's.
He haa the same model,

BOB BLUM
WORRISViMF. PA

Even if you V ^ had the alignment of this
independent rear suspension system
adjusted recently, check it again. With-
out anyone in the car . but with a full
complement of gas, oil, coolant and
tire-cha aging tools slowed in the trunks
rear-wheel camber should be between
— 1*15* ami -¥*?!$*; rear-wheel toe-in
should he between -0M in , and a. If
toe-in cannot he set to this specific a- ■
tion m yon should look for a bent rear
suspension arm.

Judging from your description of the
tread weoroit your Nissan, VU bet that
rear-wheel camber is exceeding the
Specification to the negative side. The
main reason for excessive rear dire in-
ner tread wear on the Nissan 200SN
has been too much negative camber.

if camber doesn't stay within the
correct range after adjustment, remove
and discard the rear springs and upper
and toiler spring scats.

You should install a new set of seats
and brand- new rear springs that were
specifically designed to keep camber
wi th it i jU roper spec fica l ion .

The part number of this spring for all
tuodels except the 1984 Nissan 200$ X
turbo is 55020-0&FU2, The pari number
of the spring for the '8$ turbo is S50£0-
O&FOJ.

Rotten eggs

My 1986 Mercury $Me gives off a
strong sulphur odor from the exhaust.
The dealer says 37 percent of all Sable
and Taurus models do this, but he
hasn't been able to do anything about ft.
How can F on! get away with producing
and selling this model?

FRANK ATTIU
ttEW HARTFORD, NY

It isn't. J just learned that those cn rs
hoeing trouble can have a new catalytic

con verier installed, free of charge. The
unit will deodorize the exhaust, midget
rid of the sulphur smell -
This information is so new I don't
even hore the potl number for the new
converter . but it will to contained in
upcoming technical service bulletin
(TSB) 86-18. »l

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Dual Jong-and-shon intake runners widen maximum torque band.

Big dummy tests goosebump Index

This spooky-looking manne-
quin — known as Volt man to
the fan-loving Swedes who
invented it -is used to ana-
lyze in-ear climate of
Volvos, Hooked up to
a pair of computers,
the big dummy mea-
sures the amount, of
energy needed to
maintain a steady tem-
perature in all parts of
its “body/' despite
drafts or solar hot
spots. Using such in-
novative but objective
measurements as
"Equivalent Living-
room Temperature"
(ELTJ and “complaint

percentages," V oilman
helps to qualify what was a
highly subjective area — hu-
man comfort- VM

Voltman mannequin evaluates comfort.

BY WADE HOYT

Ingenuity Is Job 1

higher speeds, low air pres-
sure beneath the front of the
car pulls open five rubber
flaps to exhaust hot air from
the radiator area, A comput-
er-controlled water pump
varies c<sotont circulation
with engine temperature.

ELTEC's self- levelling air
spring suspension IS also
computer-controlled to firm
up the handling at high
speeds and soften it for com-
fort at lower speeds.

A humidity sensor doses
the suiu-oof at the first drop
of rain, whether the driver is
in the car or not. The car can
be parked with its roof lou-
vers open for ventilation
without worrying about
changes in the weather,

Suppliers from many na-
tions contributed, including
a run-flat tire from Conti-
nental that eliminates the
spare, and a low-cost anti-
sk id brake/anti-wheelspin

acceleration system from
Kugelfischer.

Quality Is lob 1 1

A survey by one of the Rig 3
automakers shows that U,5,
ear quality still lags behind
most imports. During the
first three months of owner-
ship. Toyota owners experi-
enced an average of l.&prob-
lems. Audi, BMW,, Honda,
Mazda and Mercedes owners
each had 1.8 problems* Nis-
san 2, Subaru 2.4, VW 2.7.
Volvo 2. S. Ford 2,9, Chrys-
ler 3.3 h GM 3.4. AMC4 Band
Yugo owners HA problems.

months, compared to the
four to five years usually re-
quired lo sort out a fully
ope rational prototype.

The 1.3-liter, overhead
cam, aluminum 4-cylinder
engine has three valves per
cylinder ftw r u ini tikes and
one exhaust) plus American-
style computer controls for
the new European antipoilu*
lion laws. The extremely
lean -burn engine runs on an
air-fuel initio of 20:1 rather
than ihe normal 15:1-

The 79-hp engine develop?
high torque over a hroad^
flat range, thanks to a dual
intake manifold system with
long runners for maximum
low-speed torque and short
runners for high-speed
punch. A “drive-by-wire"
electronic throttle control
eliminates the usual mechan-
ical throttle.

A low-volume cooling .sys-
tem keeps engine tempera-
tures high for maximum fuel
efficiency at low speeds. At

Instrument pod mqvH with the

adjustable steering wheel,

ELTEC i g tan sun-
roof if mad? up fit
five panels that can
tilt open or retract
i|as shown j. Rain sensor
oses roof automatically.

C an* of the future are u su-
ally long, low and sleek
— like Ford's Probe
shown in our October issue
{Driving The Future* page
76). They're also a bit short
on practicality. So. when we
saw a short, high and bul-
bous future car from Ford of
Europe, we wttc intrigued ,
Called the ELTEC (for

Electronic Technology ) r it's
a 5-donr front-drive hatch-
back with a continuously
variable transmission (CVT)
and computer-controlled en-
gine, suspension and brakes.
A joint project of Ford's Re-
search and Design depart-
ments in Germany and En-
gland, ELTEC was
developed in an amazing 13

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POPULAR MECHANICS • DECEMBER 1906

Inexpensive. And built to stay that way

Outdoors

Jacques Eymard pfeparei to btest off In
th« rww FrerKh-il«igned turbine skis.

Y bu remember the
French- They're the peo-
ple who like to windsurf
across the Atlantic, who like
to race Gran Prix autos
through narrow, winding
streets, who aren't happy
unless they're holed up in
some wadi between Paris
and Dakar in a rally car.

This peculiarly French ap-
preciation for the dangerous
and the bizarre now extends
to the ski slopes, where in-
ventor Bernard Gervason
continues to put the world's
first turbi re-powered skis to
at,

rvason's system, mod-
here by pilot Jacques

Eymard. includes
two tiny turbine en-
gines that attach to
the skis behind the
bindings, and fasten
to the skier's upper
calf. The engines are
a miniaturized ver-
sion of the type you
might find aboard
your average cruise
1 missile,

B-J The skis them-

selves are unique-
They have a pair of
vertical stabilizers
fore and aft to keep the ar-
rangement tracking proper-
ly. The skier wears aerody-
namic accessories that

reduce parasitic drag, in-
cluding a teardrop helmet
and a pair of handheld spoil-
ers- When Eymard assumes
the tuck position, his whole
body becomes an aerody-
namicalty efficient projectile
as he zips across the snow.

Gervason is gratified with
the system's speed record: to
date — 100 km/hr; or bO mph.
Tests this winter will try to
boost that top end into the
200-km/hr range,

What will the

French

think of next?

Specialization for cross-country

Irak i new cross-country skis are designed for different skNng styles.

Trak has been the name in
cross-country ski gear for
quite a while. Not content to
rest on its considerable lau-
rels. Trak set out to develop
cross-country systems for
.skiers with individual tastes
and skiing styles.

The Trak Aerobic (top) is a
general touring ski for
lighter skiers. Along with
Trak’s aerodynamic C&200
hoot, it features an asym-
metric base and wood-lami-
nate core in sizes from 180
cm to 2 15 cm, The Trak Nova
has a new polyethylene base
and is considered a general
recreation ski used in con-

junction with the CS500
boot, a versatile medium-cut
rear-entry boot suitable for a
wide range of skiing styles.
The Trak Skater £ bottom) is
a new, high-performance
cross-country ski weighing
only 500 grams.. It incorpo-
rates carbon fiber wdth a
honeycomb core for torsional
rigidity. The Trak CS505
boot is considered the state
of the art ill high-cut. high-
performance skating boots,
boasting light weight, yet
maximum support- Contact
Truk at Tri-Star Sports, -375
Smith St.. Middletown. CT
06457 ; (208) 682-2000*

A ski for beginners

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KP i i m i t

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Krwlssl' FTeflex skis offer beginners easier lumfcng. Trte tips and end*
rant irightry upward when trie skli art loaded.

The toughest part of learn-
ing to ski is learning how to
turn. Kncis-sl addressee that
problem with a new ski de-
sign called P re flex.

Instead of skis that cam-
ber upward at rest unloaded,
Prefiex skis rest fiat on the
ground, with tips and ends
that raise slightly upward
when loaded. For the begin-
ning skier, the raised ends

moan greatly reduced turn-
ing resistance. The Prefiex
design also lets skiers move
up in length without sacrific-
ing control. Skiers can prog-
ress to longer skis more rap-
idly and good technique is
encouraged. For more infor-
mation, contact Kneiss) at
Tri-Star Sports, 475 Smith
St,, Middletown, CT 06457;
(203) 632-2000,

Ski boots going soft

The complaint we hear most
often around the ski chalet
pertain* to how uncomfort-
able ski boots have become.
Nnva, an Italian company
that makes motorcycle hel-
mets, has come up
with a unique soft
boot and binding
iystem that's easy

Nava soft boot system uses a control arm. on the feet while

permitting multidirectional
release. The boot is also
wam and comfortable on
and off the slopes, as I dis-
covered last spring.

At the heart of the system
is a soft. £-piece boot that
has a hard, quick-lacing in-
ner liner inside a soft water-
proof outer boat. The inner
bout — which permits the
wearer to Ptand upright — is

lined with Thermofil foam
for warmth and comfort- The
outer boot is chafe- and wa-
ter-resistant,

A revolutionary "step-on”
binding accepts the soft
boot. Leg movement is
transmitted to the ski with a
control arm that extends
from l he binding up and
around the leg, providing
i 1 um to mm XSJ

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"FPly" is short for polyfotraflunroelhyjene
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man- (1981 Cuincss Book of World Rec-
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can reduce engine friction, increase gas
mileage and horsepower and reduce engine
operating temperature, causing your oil and
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metal wear, defraying costly overhauls.

Yean of Testing and Use
Hove Proved It Thirt

Slick 50 has been thoroughly tested In in’
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The March /April 1982, p. 35 issue of
“Consumer Digest™ magazine stated.
“Slick 50 does reduce engine heat and ordi-
nary wear, and our informal tests indicate
that it will improve gas mileage by about
2 or 3 miles per gallon/ 1
One of the country’s most res peeled re-
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The Federal Aviation Administration has
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The power technology laboratory at a
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The Space Shuttle Columbia uses the
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Perhaps most dramatic of all is a torture
test overseen by the Automotive Services
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Slick 50. Six months later the oil was drained
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There isn’t room here to tell you about
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less one quart. Add one quart of Slick 50,
drive for 30 minutes, and leave it in the crank-
case for at least 3000 miles. As the engine
operates, the oil carries the “poly" between,
the parts where it Ls burnished into the pores
of the meiai.

Only Orte Treatment Necessary

It’s permanent, so you do it only once,
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8-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.

Work* with Mott Oil*

Slick 50 will work with all petroleum-
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3 . Reduce trpe rating temperate res, thus, i n-
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Up to 90% of the engine wear on a car
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Slick SO is suspended in an excellent grade
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lateral support. The spring-loaded con-
trol arm \$ hinged on a email, gas-filled
damper boused in the base of the bind-
ing, The .system effectively shifts the
burden of lateral flupj^ort directly from
the leg to the ;ski. Under normal condi-
tions, leg action mist first be imparted
from the Jog to the boot and ultimately
to the ski. According to Nava, eliminat-
ing the boot from this series of steps
translates leg motion directly into im-
mediate edging jsower,

1 gave the Nava system high marks,
It seems to balance comfort and control
without compromising one r»r the Other.
I was particularly surprised at how
easy the binding is to use. You can lean
well back against the control arm. and
your feet feel well supported, yet liber-
ated from the solitary confinement tia-
rational plastic boots offer.

Perhaps most gratifying is the steep
learning curve the Nava system offers.
Bad habits and accumulated rust seem
to disappear. Contact Nava Leisure
USA, Riverside Ave. , Westport, CT
0G880; (203) 227-5151.

Boot tech

Once, leather laceups and galoshes
were the only boots worth considering
when looking for ways to protect your
feet in a harsh environment. But lately,
bootmakers in Europe and North
America have created special boots to
meet special needs. Mountaineering in
high altitudes demands strength, sup-
port and maximum protection from cold
and wet. Deep snow requires a wide,
flat sole and good insulai ion all the way
up tile leg, with a proper drawstring
seal at the top to keep out snow. Hiking
and work boots should provide some
protection From the cold and wet„ but
should also be durable and flexible.

PM's recent test excursion to Ice-
land— where we photographed and
wore boots designed to handle the
afore m entioned r equ i it menls — 1 eft

one very clear impression: Synthetics
and modern manufacturing have devel-
oped remarkable boots capable of with-
standing unbelievable climatic ex-
tremes. But don't discount those old
insulated leather laceups for warmth,
support and flexibility.

On the high-tech side, European boot
makers Kaslingcr and Koflach have
fashioned rigid plastic mountaineering
snow boots in the ski boot tradition.
Both manufacturers use a seamless out-
er plastic shell that cants forward and
back For flexibility. Both also use a
leather, felt-lined inner boot with a
light rubber sole for warmth and chafe-
resistance that, can be worn around
camp. Rest assured your feet will stay
warm ami dry in a pair of these well-

made marvels. But. they ore stiff. That
can be an advantage if you’re interested
in adapting these boots to a |mir of ski
bindings — currently under consider-
ation by U.K. Army mountain forces
— but theis r rigidity can work against
you if you plan on performing move-
ments that demand some flexibility.
And white Kastinger and Koflach have
gone the extra mile in protecting
against chafe, stiff ankle support tends
to rub you the wrong way.

The Canadians, on the other hand,
have come up with a smart solution for
winter w armth. Soreh and the Ski-Dw>
clothing accessory division, insist that
the way Lo keep feet comfortable In
winter is to cloak them in a removable
felt liner, inserted in a reinforced rub-
ber lower boot, with a nylon upper to
keep out snow. Both Sore! and Ski-Don
manage to balance warmth, flexibility
and support. Sorel's version borrows
its design fi»m the traditional Eskimo
mukluk- Ski-Doo's version— widely
popular and offering plenty of warmth
for the dollar — has a shorter upper and
a buckle tie-up. After wearing both off
and on over a period of days, 1 decided
that they're equally as warm, but I
question the need for the Sore! upper to
be &fi high as it is.

The Technics also known as the
"moonboat," has an abundance of insu-
lation and warmth, and a wide, rein-
forced sole helps in traversing deep
snow, But an almost total lack of ankle
support limits the Technics significant-
ly, I found that most cold- weather out-
door activity demands at least some
kind of support.

Vasque represents the classic H hik-
ing-tnMit M side for more temperate foot-
wear. This all-rounder combines Gore-
tex with leather on the outer shell for
maximu m support and scuff protection.
Socks provide the insulating properties
with this kind of arrangement. Yeti
gaiters from Denali — the warmest
model has a Goretex shell and a Th insu-
late lining — ill snugly over the Va&que
hi king boots to acid upper-leg insulation
and to keep out snow.

Despite some pretty interesting ad-
vances in the field, the best all-around
solution for multi season footwear still
might be the leather laceup, Norlhlnke
and Timber! and have made significant
strides in insulation and. durability.
Redwing's new Irinb Setter model,
which we used with some success in the
Icelandic interior, uses a silicone treat-
ed upper that sheds water and a Tbtm
sutate lining for warmth.

You might want a plastic shell boot
from Kiistinger or Koflach on K2, a
So re I or Ski- Duo in Montana's deep
snow, and a Vasque hiking boot on the
northern reaches of the ..Appalachian
Trail, but traditional designs, still pro-
vide multiseason function. JM

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Home Video

M ovie producei* Ste-
phen SiwiSberB nn.fl
George Lucas don't have a
monopoly on elaborate sjh:-
eiai effects any more. A few
elect rn nies ma s i u fact u rrrs

now offer video products
that let you create some
pretty remarkable effects at
home* — without a Holly wood
studio budget.

Whether you want to jazz
up movies you've shot with
your own video camera, or
simply edit together a
‘‘greatest plays"' tape from
the cuiTent football season,
today's special effects gener-
ate vs (SEGs) give you the
power to take charge,

I recently got a chance to
t ry out J VC* J X-W9 [$36fl.) ,
a full-featured SEC typical
of the genre. (Other compa-
nies offering high-powered

SEGs include Akat, Show-
time and Sansui.J It can’t
create interstellar battle-
ships, but it will produce
some pretty dazzling effects.
Even if you 're not. interested
in creating light-and- magic
shows f the SEGs simplify

the process of editing home
movies. For example, the
JX-W9 p a rear panel has
enough Inputs and outputs to
handle up to thiw VCRs,
You can easily uke scones
from two playback VC ft#
and edit them onto one cas-
sette in your record VCR.

It would, take a small book
to describe all the functions
of this gadget, but three of
the most important are
WIPE, F'AhK and RFraeT,

The wipe function allows
you to replace n video image
with a sliding field of color.
The SEG gives you a half
dozen colors to choose from
as well as a wide variety of
different wipe patterns and
speeds. The fader performs
a similar function, allowing
you to fade the sound and
picture down to nothing.

Using both the fader ami
the wiper, it’s possible to
edit together a polished pro-
duct ion with a dean wipe or

Special effects generators j '
such as JVC's JX-W9 Jet you
take control. |H

edit between each major
scene. The SEG even has a
special function, "auto cross
input/' that lets you switch
from one source to another
(say, from VCR-1 to VCR-2)
automatically, while disguis-
ing the tinnsitiun with a
wipe. But the real fun of
JVC s SEG comes w hen you
switch the mode selector to
Kh'h'rrr. Then you’re able to
engage any of the five ef-
fects: defocus, negative, B ^
W, colorize and pairtl.

The colorize and paint con-
trols are the most exciting:
They let you turn any image
into a shimmering paletLe of
color. These effects are also
adjustable; You call set them
low Lo lend a slightly exag-
gerates! tinge of color [n a
scene, or crank them up all
the way Lo create an almost
totally abstract effect.

A few words of warning
are in order, however. With
ail of ins options, the JVC
JX-Wp can be quite compli-
cated to use— ansi the own-
er's manual isn't much help.
This isn't a product for the
person who just Wauls a sim-
ple way to edit home movies.
Hut if you like fiddling with
electronic gadgets, and don't
mind spending some time
figuring nut how they work,
this high-powered S-EG can
be a lot of fun.

SEGs aside, it's possible
to build special effects cir-
cuits into other products — -
including VCRs. In fact,
1987 might be the year of the
digital VCR. RCA, Toshiba
and NEC already have digi-
tal YHK models in stores.
The digital models available
so far use computer memory
chip# to enhance freeze ■
frame and slow-motiun.
They also |>crmlt pictured n-
pieture. Each ctkn|iany has
its own twists on the digital

concept. For example
KCA's VMT 40iJ adds some
interesting picture effects
that can make the image look
like a tiles mosaic or a color-
ized |>oster.

Holiday gift tips

If you’re stuck trying to
think of holiday gift idea* 1<ir
yuui' favorite video buff, a
trip to a good electronics
store can help. Here are a
few suggestions:
i For the video enthusiast
whose coffee table is crowd-
ed with remote controls, GE
recently introduced an up-
dated version of its popular
Coot rd i ,'ent ral u ni versa!
remote. Sake the Control
Central, this handheld re-
mote can learn the functions
of your existing remote con-
trols, letting you retire the
remotes that came with your
VCR, TV" ;mi I other prod-
ucts. Priced at SJOth Control
Central >1 is a simplified ver-
sion of the original, handling
up to three products in its
memory.

■ As many people using
8mm camcorders have dis-
covered, iCa especially im-
portant to keep 8mm video
heads clean. Several acces-
sory com| Janies induct big
Rib and Nagaokp have re-
cently introduced Bmm heads
cleaners that will do the
trick. And they don't take up
a lot of room in a stocking.

» Another practical item for
home moviemakers is an ac-
cessory Ions kit,. These are
available from Ambieu and
other companies. Some of
the add-on lenses for video
cameras and camcorders in-
clude wide-angle ami tele-
photo attachments, Used
projjerly, these lenses can
lend remarkable versatility
to a vanu-ra’s hullt-bi zoom
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It's A Relaxing Hobby

In lodey's homed, harried world. everyone needs a re-
laxing hobby Model ship building - «ha worlds oldest
hobby - is the surest way to wind down and enjoy a
creel ive outlet. vpy need no special skills. Just some
spare time, paltence and a desire lo Duiid something
worthwhile. As you sec your sh.p model approach-
ing completion, you'll take pride in your creative
efforts and newly acquired knew lodge of how
great sailing ships were burit

Become A Shipwright of Old

Even If you've never bull! a model before,
you can build the Blueness II Like a ship-
wright of old. you'll build this schooner
1h@ way real ships were bum
- using only the finest male-
dais, ^tou'll plank the hull
twice;, lirsi with Omgon pine,
and than with walnut lor
lasting beauty. Most wooden
parts, including keel section
and frames, ere pre-cut lot
easy assembly.

Anchor chains, eye-bolts,
and belaying pms are all
made of brass Even the
ruddar bingos are brass,
just like the hundreds of
pin nails you'll use to
fasten the planking. You'll get
Cotton rigging id hoisl the sails. Thin
while Mukali wood si rips to plank the
dock. BeauliM, pra-punted cloth sails. Blocks
and deadeyes of walnut and boxwood. And a
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jaws, sandwich the workpiece between two pieces of scrapwood to
keep the file from chattering m It cuts.

Using Files:
Part 2

L ust month, we discussed
files in general and
touched on how to tise them,
This month, wk’II Uke^ddfi-
e t look at filing technique,
Tn begin with, the work-
piece should be held at elbow
level* However, Lhere are
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the work is held lower than
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the work at eye level, There
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straight or cross filing
draw filing and lathe filing.

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Lincoln follows
Taurus

This final prototype of the
1 988 Lincoln Continental
(below) shows heavy influ-
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styling. Side sheetmeta] is
minded, and glass is set al-
most flush against the win-
dow frames*. Oversize plastic
bumpers wrap around the
corners and extend to the
w r hee] openings, following a
design that seems to be
reaching just about every

Inside Detroit

Couj>e does not get into pro-
duction, its design gives an
inkling of GM H s planning for
future car models.

The recessed door handles
are a first for a car built in
Lhe United Staleis, even
though the hidden design
has been used in Europe and
Japan far years.

The grille shape and detail
continues a trend that start-
ed at Oldsmobile with the
Calais, and can be seen in the
Toronado and next yeaFs

BY JIM DUNNE

Olds 2+2 Hangs Tough

O ldsmobile probably will
nut produce this sleek,
low 2+2 coupe. Chances are
that t htr car — as yet un-
named, but already assigned
GM code letter 6 — will be
scrapped along with the
whole Old* Touring Coupe
concept.

The latest report from
Olds headquarters, which
will not reveal any details of
the car, is that the "Touring

medium-priced 4-door of the
Audi 5000 type to Olds.

The decision, if true,
sounds the death knell for
this prototype. However,
GM watchers remember that
the Fiero was officially killed
not once but twice during its
prototype stage. One of the
things LhaL .saved the Fiero
was ite attractive styling,
which was seen by many in-
side and outside of GM

Lincoln Continental Will Share front-drive Taunts platform In ’BEL

t’Utlasa Supreme. Rumjier new car modd. The nontra-

and grille are rounded in the ditional Lincoln grille is low-

plan view, and the grille <fe- er and wider, but it still car-

t4fl.il consists of horizon tal ties the Lincoln cue of

strips, to appear much like vertical bars,

the Tnronado. Biggest changes are set

The windshield wiper is for the chassis. Front-drive

also innovative for North replaces rear-drive, a 3-liter

American ears. The single VG engine replaces the 5-

wiper arm ia similar to those liter V8„ and the suspension

used on older Sciroccoa plus is independent on all fuur

current Mercedes 300& and wheels. Ford is positioning

some Rubarua. this model against the Cadil-

While the windshield wip- lane Seville, but at an expeel-
er design is a slight money- ed lower price, [Mjrhaps even

saver, since one blade and below $25,000.

arm are used in place of two, Big-car lovers need not
the bigger attraction is its w r orry. The new Continental

novelty. No other General does not replace the rear-

Motors car has such a design drive VB Lincoln Town Car.

yet, though reports from in- That model will continue in

side GM indicate that a fii- production indefinitely, rid-

ture Riviera is being tested mg the recent wave of popu-

with the single wiper ays- Isuity for the older, more

tem. conventional designs.

rnr-j. Big Ford

V\ freshening

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* Crown Victoria. Next year

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^ big Fords, with new grilles,

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Coupe is not a viable project
at this time/ 1 The car was to
be priced in the $20,000
range.

Still, as the photograph
above shows, development
work on the car continue*
even after GM management
has put its official kibosh on
the whole business

The story making the
rounds in Detroit is that
General Motors bigwigs feel
the corporation has more
than enough specialty
coupes in the lineup Al-
lanle, Corvette, Fiero and
the soon4i>^b^auiiounced
Buick Reatta — so Olds
should look elsewhere for its
specialty car. That leads
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project are hoping il wilt.

Even LT the Olds Turning

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SS im an Oh JHTtobWe look.

40

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in plastic end covers that blend in with
the reitr fenders. And the trunk will
have a key luck at the lower right
comer. Dcwtnj, fenders and all shefct-
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suspension ts earriwi over intact.

Opels to U.S.7

Yes p and Lotus Lr>o r if GM goes through
with a plan to create a new group of
dealer* for its EuroEH h an imports. Look
for three line* of Opel* and perhaps
three Lotus model* to be the backbone
of Lhe now dealers' showroom hard-
ware. There's also a chance that Cor*
vette would be part of the deal, so that
the dealership could specialize in high-
performance or European-type sporty
cars. Biggest reason for the plan: Get
GM's Opel line on sale in the U.H. tn
compile against the growing demand
for midrange European sodajis. Gut
GM sees the Opel name— the sound of
the name, not the reputation— a? one of
its biggest drawbacks.

Back to France

American Motors may stop its produc-

tion of the Allianee/Eneore in the U.5.
and import the economy sedans from
France instead. Poor sales of the two
lines, plus a plan to build larger cars in
North America, are the reasons behind
the thinking. AMC will continue to
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IPblL Rut after that, their future is
uncertain. The company wants to make
its highly successful Jeep line* even
more profitable >, which could signal a
move of assembly lines — Jenp going to
Kenosha, Wisconsin, w r here the Alli-
ance:* are now built. The larger car*,
which AMC plans to build in Canada ,
are the Premier sedans, based on the
Renault 25.

Caddy full of changes

Cadillac Will keep the Cimarron as the
entry-level car in its lineup for the time
being, and not import an Opel as origi-
nal \y planned. The decision is partly
based on another plan to bring in three
Opel models and create a group of
dealers separate from those currently
handling GM car*. Cimarron is sched-
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model year, but the lire could be
dropped out of production in 1992. Cirri-
strrorTa mission is completed anyway.
The car was originally brought into the
Cadillac lineup lo give dealer* a fuel-
efficient small model they needed at the

height of th«? fuel crunch in 198 L Never
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theless is now sold to a steady group of
about 20,000 buyers a year.

Chrysler 88 plans

Chrysler^ version of the aerodynaml-
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ance nest year when new Plymouth and
Dodge midster- models are introduced.
Like the Taurus, the new Chry slerfi
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These cat's will be slightly bigger than
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less sporty in appearance. Later, a 2-
door will added to each nameplate.

Chrysler'! tail wagon

Look for Chrysler to try to extend its
lead in passenger van sales with the
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1989. This model will he a Mitsubishi
product that could be buil! in the ILK.
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45

Old House

Restorat*

BY BOB V/LA

Fixing Plumbing

T here's a Id a homeowner
can do to keep a handle
on homo plumbing by learn-
ing how the system works,
howto recognize its malfunc-
tions. and how to repair
therm before they become
more peri ous. And with
some profess iomal plumbers
charging $50 an hour, there's
an even greater incentive to
team plumbing basics.

Main shutoff valve

If a serious leak occurs and
you are unable to locate its
source H shut off the water
flow to the house with the
maim shutoff valve. Test this
valve periodically and label
it with a big tag. Make sure
that every household mem-
ber knows where it is.

Pipes

Every bouse he* two sides to
its plumbing: the water sup-
ply system and the DWV
(drain, waste, vent system).

The water supply system
delivers hot and cold water
to the various fixtures and
appliances. Its pipes are usu-
ally made of Vj- or %-in,-dia,
iron, copper or plastic.

The DWV system carries
out waste water. It also
vents potentially harmful
gases to the outside. These
pipes are wide (1^ to 4 in.
dia. ) and are typically of cast
iron, steel, copper or plastic.
You need two primary

Contributing Editor Boh
Vila is host of public tdevi-
sim'x "H ns Old House"
funded by Owens-Coming
Fibergtas.

skills for pipe repairs: mea-
suring a run of pipe and as-
sembling a joint. You'll also
need to choose from a very
wide select Eon of fittings. So
unless you're well verged in
this kind of work and have
the right tools, you might

want to call a professional.

Plastic pipe offers some
advantages. If 5 light-
weight, simple lo join and
ft l, non-corrosive h solft insu-
lating, clog resistant and in-
expensive. However,

plumbing codes do not yet
agree about where and how
plastic piping may be used.

Simple problems

Fixings leaky faucet usually
is simple. The method you
use will depend on what cat-
egory it falls into: compres-
sion type, washertes^ or sin-
gle-handle faucet.

The most common abuse
of compression faucets is
shutting them too hank The
metal lip around the washer
begins to grind into the valve
seat, ruining the seal. Water
leaking from around the
stem of the handle indicates
a defective e-ring or packing
that wraps the .stem. Re-

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Malfunctions in a toilet tank tan be caused by mlsaNgnmerrt
between the stopper and or an Improperly set float hair.

place all the faulty parts.

Unlike washer-type fau-
cm F washerlesa faucets do
not have interchangeable
parts. Take the whole assem-
bly (it's easily removed) to
the plumbing supply stort-

Single- handle faucets are
of th ret types: tipping valve,
rotating ball and cartridge.
They do not have washers or
diaphragms. If teaks devel-
op, buy a repair kit made by
the faucet's manufacturer.

When a sink, lavatory,
shower or bathtub drains
slowly or not at all. the usual
cause is an accumulation of
hair, grease or debris. One of
the biggest causes of
plugged kitchen sinks is
pouring grease down the
drain, where it can cool and
congeal, forming a gooey
blockage. In bathroom sinks
and tubs, the leading cause
of clogs is hair.

A removable plastic drain
basket can catch many of
these substances. But if the
blockage is not in the drain |
opening, the problem lies in
a trap or waste pipe. You
may be able to clear it by
pouring three or four pots of
boiling water down the drain
to soften the clog, then let-
ling the hot water run. If
thift doesn't work^ you
have three options.

First, you can use a
plunger. If this fails, try
a chemical drain cleaner. If
neither works, then you
have to use a drain snake.
Many rinks have a dean-out
plug on the bottom so you
wont have to remove the
whole trap.

According to my associate
on "This Old House plumb-
er Richard Trethewey, the
most effective tools for clears
ing a clogged toilet are a
plunger and a toilet auger,
Chemical cleaners generally
aren't strong enough to pern
etrate a toilet trap complete-
ly. Select a plunger with a
fold-out or extra brim. If
several minutes of vigorous
pumping doesn't do the
trick, use the auger. Aim it
into the trap area, turn the
handle and keep moving the
auger up the trap. Hook the
blocking matter and ptill it
out or break it up., rather
than push it in deeper.

46

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 19 96

Toilet tank troubles

After a flush, if water flows into the
tank but the tank never fills , the tank
stopper probably hasn't relumed prop-
erly to the stopper seat. This allows
water to perpetually flow into the bow]
because of misalignment of the lift-rod
guide or bent lift rods. You can
straighten either with your hands or a
pair of pliers, if the stopper is falling on
the center a f Us seat and water still
keeps running out of the Unk, check for
dirt or sediment on the seat. If the seat
is clean, the stopper may be worn and
need to be replaced, If problems persist
with the hall and lift-rod mechanism,
you may want to replace it with the
more efficient rubber flapper.

If the toilet tank refills after a flush
but the water fails to shut off, the tank
ball float may be set too high. To check
this, lift up the float, balk If the noise
and incoming water flow: stop, it moans
the ball isn't rising enough to trip the
ball-cock assembly. Bend the float arm
down. If this doesn't do the trick, then
replace ihe inlet valve.

If not enough water flows into the
bowl for proper flushing, chances are
you don't have enough water in the
Lank. Raise the float arm about V* in.

Noisy pipes, frozen pipes

Banging noises that occur when a fau-
cet is closed are called water hammer.
It's caused by water slamming against
the end of the pipe. The remedy is to
install a cushioning device called an air
chamber. This is a vertical length of
pipe. Capped at the top and connected
to a water line at the bottom.

To thaw pipes, apply heat slowly,
starling at the faucet or valve end.
Make sure the valve or faucet is fully
open. You can apply heat with a torch,
but it's safer to wrap the pipe in rags
and pour boiling water over it.

To prevent pi|>es from freezing, re-
route them to a warmer location. But as
a stop-gap measure, you can use elec-
tric beating cable. Equipped with a
thermostat, it turns on whenever the
pipes an? at risk of freezing. The cable
can also thaw frozen pipes,

Low water flow

Often, low water flow ago is caused by
rust or deposits clogging pipes.. To test
for this, open a cold water faucet at a
laundry tub or washing machine an (3 at
a bathroom or kitchen sink.. If the flow
is low at the second fixture, the pipe
connecting the two is constricted anti
will have to be replaced.

Water heater failure

A w ater heater can fail from unheeded
tank corrosion. You can defer corrosion
and help the heater operate more effi-
ciently by draining abou t a pail of water
from its Lank on a monthly basis, HH

AT JACK DANIELS DISTILLERY we never
have co go too far to find our Christmas tree.

The woods around our part of the country are
full of them. So getting a good one is never
a problem. We hope you won t have co go to
too much trouble getting
ready for the holidays
either. So you can sit
back and enjoy this
happiest of all seasons
with your family and
good friends.

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POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 1^86

47

Science

A "Moving' Experience

CapsE’lfl Computer Remote Control set is a srvrp tp put together.

W e] 1-meaning relative* are forever buying ''learning 7 ’
toy* a* Christmas present* for children. Such toys
more often than not wind up on a shelf, a monument to the
power of boredom. But this year's New’ York Toy Fair
yielded a toy that Leaches without subtending to do so. It 1 *
1 ju>;t plain fun. The Capseta Computer Remote Control
[ building *et by Play .Jour is a 17- function, motorized con-
struction system, The parts snap together in a variety of
configuration* to become robots 1 spaceships*, earthmover*
and whal have you.

My ti-year-okl daughter Rachel and my lfj-y ear-old son
Simon had tile $150 set for an hour before they wore able to
put together the robot shown above. It has Hashing lights, a
buzzer and a sot of reduction gears that work In a see-
through modular capsule. How drive systems Work become*
quickly apparent to the user as this set comes together.

Lasers give medicine new vision

A Harvard Met) sea] School
* team led by Lloyd Aieho re-
ports a high rate of success
with lasers in controlling one
of the major effects of diabe-
tes. Roughly 20 percent of
long-tern diabetics suffer
damage to blood vessels in
their eyes. The damage u.su-
aily widens blo'od vessels, al-

lowing larger than usual
molecules to get through.
This put* pressure on eye
nerve* and causes partial
blindness.

New 1 1 a*er cauterization of
eye blood vessels in diabetics
ha* reduced the blindness
rate to 10 percent . Test.* are
continuing with this method.

Higher IQs

A group of us were gathered
around Raj Ready, head of
the robotics institute at Car-
negie- Mellon University in
Pittsburgh. He was explain-
ing the value of the persona]
computer in artificial intelli-
gence research, "Parallel
processing 11 was the term for
the day. And it ha* become
the biggest hope among sci-
entist* trying to make ma-
chines as intelligent as hu-
man being*.

In |>aralle] processing,
more than one computer is
used to solve a complex
problem. Each of the periph-
eral computers takes one
chunk of the problem and
works on it. then dumps the
solution to a central pnjeess-
ing unit. Carnegie- Melton
and several smaller institu-
tions ai*e working on the
technique today and expect
to come up with highly intel-
ligent systems within the
next two or three years.
•Such systems might operate
a mass transit line, nr moni-
tor the progress of a post-
operative patient.

The problem is being at-
tacked at several fronts.
The most progress has
been made in the area of
""expert systems.” These are
program* that contain all the
data available on tine small
subject. For instance, theiv
might be a single program
dedicated to the mitral valve
of a human heart. This pro-
gram would contain data on
the valve's construction, op-
eration and history* based on
thousands of case studies of
normal and diseased valves.
A heart surgeon considering
an operation on a mitral
valve might put an expert
system disk on his computer
and tell the computer his
present patient's blu*>d pres-
sure, pulse,, heart histosy,
weight, disease history and
other data. The computer
would then produce the pa-
( tient's profile suggesting
several diagnoses. f>uch con-
sideration might ordinarily
lake a team of doctors day*
to generate. Working with
IBM, Raj and his colleague:*

: have embarked an a 3-yggf
study to develop expert .sys-
, terns.

Space factory

The Challenger Shuttle di-
saster ha;-; changed a lot of
the discuasion going on
about our future Bpace Sta-
tion. Many politicians are
saying the station should be
used for pure scientific and
military purposes only r But .
there is a groundswdl to-
ward ded Seating m uch of the
Space Station's area to fac-
tory use when the system !
goes into orbit in the 1990s, j

Reliance Electric's Robert |
Dannenfelser Jr. helped fo- !
cus the support last month in :
a paper released at a NASA
conference. DannenfeSser :
predicts that space manufac-
turing has a sales potential of
upward of $100 billion a year
within the next 20 years.
Pharmaceuticals and metal
alloys he predicts* will be ;
the leading items.

The inajnr element needed
is electronics, Everything
working in a space factory
will have to be automated.
Dannenfelser says mitmocom- i
puters can he programmed
to run a factory of 2500 cu.
ft. or less. That footage is in
keeping with current plans ■
for Spare Station modules.

Also, control device* that
have part* capably of gener-
ating or receiving electric
currents are already being
made. This dual capacity
mean* that ail the mecha-
nisms needed to run a space
factory would take up a very
small fraction of the area.

A* we get back into the
launch mtide with our space
program, Americans should
demand the system bo used
with manufacturing in mind.
It’s time to bring something
back from space besides
moon rocks.

Student

scientists

When the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Science holds ite annua!
meeting in Chicago in Feb-
ruary, hundreds of research
papers from high school stu-
dent* will be presented. .
High school students and
teacher* interested in thia
program should send a self-
addressed envelope to me h
and I'll rush you details on
how to participate. m

48

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POPULAR MECHANICS * UfcCElMHEfl l9Efc

L

If the world were a perfect
place, you wouldn’t
need a Buick.

The real world
includes long
stretches of traffic,
terrible weather and
serious demands on your
car So, may we suggest that
you consider a car intelligently
designed to handle the real world 7
Were suggesting you consider
Buick LeSabre. Not because it's
perfect, but because it is so good
at the things that really count, For
example...

For adults

Those of us who have gradu-
ated to adulthood appreciate cer-
tain significant accommodations to
reality, A glance at LeSabres inte-
rior tells you it's rich and hand-
some. Sit in it and you find some-
thing even better: true support
combined with deep luxury, And
the available 6-way power control
seat puls a wide range of adjust-
ments at fingertip control,

While you're sit-
ting in that seat, do
another reality
cneck and
you'll find
* another
surprise:
room. You
have to
stretch
to reach
the far
Clearly,

Buick is an automobile built for
adult pleasure.

In the long run

The real world is not kind to
automobiles. Rain, rocks, potholes,
mud, salt, ice and humanity all take

their toli. Buck &
prepared to light, back.

Take something as funda-
mental as the paint. The LeSabre
finish starts seven layers down.

First, the body is immersed in a
phosphate cleaning solution. Then
it is electrically charged to provide
a magnetic attraction for paint.

Only then does the first primer coat
go on. After the primer coat is wet-
sanded by hand, a
platoon of robots
applies two sepa-
rate layers of color
enamel, dancing
and whirling to
cover every surface
evenly and com-
pletely

Finally, two coals
of dear acrylic enamel are added
to provide a deep, lustrous finish to
keep your Buick handsome through
years of life's
abuses.

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When all is sajd and done, the
real rest of satisfaction with a car
happens behind the steering
wheel. And Buick is just what the
driver ordered.

LeSabre's big 3.8-litre V-6 with
sequential-port fuel injection is
there to do the job quietly, easily,
reliably. Fully independent suspen-
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also grips the road in a highly
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that you buckle up and see your
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Sp-ec- 4 Jack Braden or the U. 5. Army's
Third Hanger Company ex Iti a
Bfackhawk Transport- He S wearing the
Army's; latest battle drtSS uniform and
carries a Squad Automatic Weapon.

New synthetics and design hit the ground
running for the soldier of tomorrow.

BY TIM COLE, Outdoors Editor
Photos by Brian R. Wolff

T he time is the future and the place is a
distant battlefield. Cobra g mi ships and
Apache attack helicopters secure a land-
ing zone sind a fleet of CH-fiOA Black-
hawks, dangling in the air like a parade of in-
sects, prepares to disembark the army of the
21st century.

The threat from an opposing land force is real*
but so too is the threat from prolonged exposure
to the sun and rain, rocks and undergrowth,
wind and snow, To sustain soldiers in this harsh
environment — lokeep them llghihig harder,
longer, more safely — the Army has developed an
array of protective clothing and equipment that
reties on the latest in outdoor technologies
From helmets made of DuPont Kevlar, to unique
1-man shelters that convert into ponchos and

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 398b

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KEVLAR HELMET

EYE PROTECTION

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synthetic ■
sleeping bag

MRE RATIONS

SUMMER GEAR

Cflpt. Arninel wears new

sfyie battle drew with Kevfcfr
fwFrrttc and flak west. Th# Army’s
new tactical road-bear-
ing v«t carries AmmeF's
ammunition, grenade
pouches and ildearm.

Part of t be Inlograted 1
individual fighting sys-
tem. the vest also ac^
cepts a small "patrol
pack" for ihort rnlisinm.

The patrol padt fastens to
[he Internal frame alpine *
pack, below. Alio mown below
is a typical f — Of meal r*atfy-
ta-eat-^wlth camp stove. The
Amiy s new sleeping bag rests
Inside the Individual multipurpose
shelter [lower right H which Torch
into a 5-pound bundle and con-
verts to a poncho | upper right].

PATROL
PACK

compress to tiny Ti-pouhd bundles, the
Army i* finding new ways to support
fighting men in the field.

Much of the work is being conducted
by the U.S, Army Research , Develop-
ment arid Engineering Labs in Natick,
Massachusetts, Natick technicians ei-
ther modify commercially available ma-
teriel to suit a rigorous, Army environ-
ment, or create entirely new gear that

meets tough Army demands. They
start by studying the effects of climato-
logical exposure on. human volunteers*
who dun various types of prototype
clothing and equipment and perform
tasks inside weather-simulation
chambers. Wind machines, moisture
makers, heaters and air conditioners
can du plicate desert or winter condi-
tions down to precise humidity and
wind-chili levels Subjects walk or run
on treadmills that vary in speed and
inclination while scientists monitor
Lheir heart rale, respiration and tem-
perature. Prototype gear is also tested
ill the field at Army installations like
Fort Denning, Georgia, home of the
infantry, and in Alaska. The theme is

emphatically high-tech, with lightness,
durability and low hulk remaining, as
always, the Army's paramount design
objectives.

Begin with the battle dress uniform,
or BDLJ. The olive drab jungle fatigues
of the Vietnam era are being phased out
in favor of BDUs sporting specially
designed camouflage patterns that can
defeat Starlight night- vision scopes.
Camo designs are available for desert
terrain or for the tropics. Camouflage
makeup is also becoming a standard
item,, and Natick is working on camo
paint that doubles us an insecticide.

The Army has also given priority to
eye care, anti soldiers of the future will
be issued H ballistic eye protection 15 orig-

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POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER im

COLD-WEATHER
CLOTHING
SYSTEM r-.

WINTER GEAR

Merer AmmeF demonstrates tbe Atm/t new
extreme mid-weather clothing system, or
ECWCS [iruer far right], ft consists of layer*
o9 synthetics [Ike polypropylene, fiber pile
and moisture-permeable fabric TTw/re
worn underneath camouflage overwhttes
(right). New equipment for Traversl ng Show
and ice ( bottom | consists of coJIapribde
tkit, climbing shlrti r ski poles, magne-
sium snpwshoes, tampons and va-
por barrier boots. SlJwnu step-in
bindings \\nset betow| accept Ka$-
tlnger plastic shell mountaineering
boots and cant upward to ease hill
dlmblng.

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'OVER WHITES

MAGNESIUM

snowshocs

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POPULAR MECHANICS + DECEMBER 1986

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inated by engineers at Gargoyles. The
brenae' color shields against harmful
U V rays and the inquirt- resistant poly-
carbonate lenses have an outer coating
of silicon.

The lightweight f bullet-resistan t
Kevlar helmets and flak vests intro-
duced lo the public during the Grenada
invasion are being augmented by new
pack and load-bearing gear called the
integrated individual fighting system,
or IIFS- Heart of the concept is a
redes igned web harness used to carry
ammunition, grenades, canteen, en-
trenching tool and aidearm, The har-
ness ta called a tactical load-bearing
vest (TLBV) and distributes weight to
the upper torso instead of to the waist
and lower back. The TLBY is also
designed to be worn light, enhancing a
soldier's freedom of movement.

The big advantage of the tactical
load-bearing vest is the way it works
w r ith the remaining two elements in
IIFS. Soldiers on extended bivouacs
use an internal frame alpine knapsack*
heavily fluidified by the Army from the
Tawp Alpine pack, ta include a smaller f .
"patrol pack” attached to the top. Tl ie
patrol pack detaches from the larger
alpine pack and snaps to the tactical
load-bearing vest for short-duration re-
cons. The infantryman is thus free of
excess bulk and weight during tactical
situations, yet has the advantage of
sufficient short-term storage.

Predictably, the new backpack also
has a compartment for a stuff able syn-
thetic sleeping bag. The Army's latest
cold -weather bug was developed from
the North Face Big Foot. Materials
consist of an all-synthetic inner bag
insulated with Celancsc Polarguanl.
An outer cover Is made of a moisture
vapor permeable synthetic, like Gore-
tex, and the whole arrangement is
shorter and wider than sleeping bags
found in I he marketplace r conforming
to the size and shape of the 95th-
pereentile soidier.

MuJtf purpose tent

The cold- weather bag fits inside the
Army's new pup tent, or IMPS, which
stands for individual multipurpose shel-
ter. Conceived by Ecotat, IMPS con-
verts from a single-man tent irwrorpo-
rating an insect-proof screen liner to a
hammock, ground cloth or calf-length
poncho capable of covering a soldier's
alpine pack. Two IMPS zip together to
form a 3-man shelter.

To nourish the soldier of tomorrow,
personnel at Natick labs have contin-
ued to improve infantry rations, now
dubbed MREs. or meal, ready-to-eat.
Replacing the meal, combat individual p
or MCI, rations, which were baser! on
canned food technology, MREseomp in
lambuated pouches of polyester fiber,
aluminum foil and polyolefin. Fond is

sealed and sterilized externally with
heat. MREs weigh less, lake up less
space and store fiat.

Members of Natick's food engineer-
ing lab are proud of the variety MREs
offer-entries of beef stew and chicken
a la king, for instance, and desserts of
chocolate brownies and cakes. A soldier
can heal water in a standard -issue can-
teen cup using a trioxane fuel tablet,
and warm up food Inside individual
pouches to 1&0° F in three minutes. A
typical MRE also contains matches,
gum and snacks (but. alas, no cigareU).

There are many challenges in main-
taining an effective fighting force in the
temperate zones of the world, and Che
warm-weather gear just described goes
a long way in satisfying the infantry-
man's basic needs. The challenge of
living, moving— and fighting— in eoid-
weather &ones is exponentially greater.
Natick has met the challenge with the

Battle dress uniform of the Vietnam era. Just
30 year* ago: Note steel-pot helmet, ALICE
pack wtfhi external frame, solid OD jungle
fatigues and old-style combat boots.

extreme cold- weather clothing system,
or ECWCS, that adopts Lhe 'layered 11
approach outdoor clothing makers use
to fight sub- freezing temperatures.

ECWCS is effective from 40 Ll above
Eem to 60 a below zero Fahrenheit and
begins with an inner layer of polypro-
pylene. considered the state of the art
in cold- weather underwear. The zip-
pered tup and stretch-waist bottoms
maintain warmth arid wick perspiration
away from the skin. A polyester fiber-
pile shirt and matching bib overall come
next, followed by coat and 1 reuser lin-
er^ of polyester batting.

Tough cold-weather field trousers
—laminated and moisture permeab-
le— are worn on the outside in conjunc-
tion with a specially designed moisture
permeable camouflage parka. The
Army has built into this unique over-
coat special ventilators, inner and outer
pockets, arid a custom internal snow-
shedding skirt, Nomex mittens and ba-
laclava prelect hands and face.

Insulated white vapor banner bools
complete EC WES, They're equipped
with a special valve that bleeds off air
expansion during high-altitude air-
borne operations. The next generation
vapor barrier boot (pictured in black)
has a reeonfigui'ed sole and is being
made compatible with ski bindings and
snowshoes. Familiar "cverwhitea," a
baggy linen 2-piece suit, are Worn over
ECWCS to provide camouflage.

Compact sk is

A laboratory at Natick is responsible
for developing "nvenmow traversing
equipment,” and the result is light,
durable and compart. Fur instance, the
skis currently being tested disassemble
into two pieces so they can be carried
easily by a paratrooper, who reassem-
bles them mi the greurd by fitting
together a carefully machined dovetail
joint that’s tapered on one end, A clevis
boll keeps the skis together.

Skis are designed to be: worn with
high-tech plastic-shell mountaineering
boots from Kastinger. They come
equipped with a leather and wool lace-
up insert that can be worn around camp
and provide enough support for a vari-
ety of strenuous wintertime activities
like skiing. TheyVe particularly suited
to mountaineering ami ice-climbing
when worn with special articulating
crampons developed by Chmiinard.

The Army has improved a soldier's
skiing performance by using LSiivrettra
step-in bindings, which cant upward
tluring uphill climbs. Fatigue factor is
greatly diminished. And when the
Army's now portable Mylar "climbing
skins" are attached to the bottom of the
skis, a new-tech twist on the old mohair
trick cross-country skiers use, at! -ter-
rain performance can he achieved. Add
to the Army's new skiing system a pair
of twist -lock telescoping ski poles — also
collapsible for airborne operations.

An Army-developed* magnesium-
frame snowshoe w r ith plastic-coated
stainless steel webbing can also be
worn with the vapor barrier boot.

The TLBV is worn outside the over-
whites (a compromise in access to am-
munition over absolute concealment]
and Natick working on a new type of
canteen for extreme climates (pic-
tured), that has greater insulation for
very cold, or very warm, weather.

All of lhe gear developed by Natick
will someday join on the museum shelf
the various styles of battle dress that
the U.S. Army has relied on for aver
two centuries— from the blue coat and
tricorn hat of Valley Forge, to the
fanciful Zouave fez anti breeches of Bull
Run, to the steel pot and OD fatigues of
Pa Nang. Bui until something better
comes along, Natick is serving Lhe
fighting man with the ultimate in cloth-
ing, foot! and shelter. m

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★★★

■THE GREAT M
AMERICAN CHASE

PM toughs ft out on America's side roads.

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY STEVE PARKER, West Coast Editor

in#

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son can part
with up to $7500 in entry
fees, spend thousands more
in expenses, and race a ear
he may have paid hundreds
of thousands of dollars for In
grueling, cross-country com-
petition? Check out the 9ft
entries from all over the
world in the Great American
Race (GAR). Professional
rallyistSi wealthy business
people out on a lark, just
plain folks who happen to

love cars * . . they were all
there. And so Was RupULAB
Mechanics.

The GAR ia a time/speed/
distance rally for cars,
trucks and motorcycles that
are more than 50 years old.
Starting in Anaheim, Cali-
fornia, and winding up 11
days later in New York City,
drivers get to see the nation,
develop rally skills, havi- a
lot of k, and maybe even
PMs entry brave* me rain on the flatiin ids onndFana ft-opk wtiik a win a lot of money.

1735 Ford has dear sailing (above) to lake third overall. There are some truly exol-

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POPULAR MECHANICS ■ DECEMBER 3766

R^glop an PhapEmn | right J
provided ml n imal protection.
Standing behind the PM
entry \ below, from left] are
navigatorJfrn Edwards,
mechanic Gary Evans,
owner, 'driver Dudand
Edwards and mechanic Fritz
J-fady. Sable support vehicle
and author Parker are at rear.

ic entries, as well us a guggle of more ordinary cars.
Stalling with EiirO|jt j , we find a LSI05 HMW Roadster
piloted by two German counts currently living in England.
From Italy, there's a supercharged A I fa- Romeo. England
provider a rare 1^86 Jaguar SS-HKi and a 1322 Rudge-
WhU worth motorcycle. Japan offers a 1336 Catsuit mod-
eled after Austin cars of the time, with a top speed of 32
mph and an aJhJapanese crew. A 1HKJ7 Thomas. Flyer was
the winner of the great race around the world from Paris to
New York in I3ft8, This is the car's second race in SO years.
Fleshing out the entry list are an assortment of Fords,
Chevy* and other fascinating antique cars and trucks.

PM chose to support a 1336 Ford Phaeton — Thv Spirit Of '
WiitK'jt-lktftr — owned and piloted by Durkmd Edwards,
His 2I-y ear-old son, Jimmy, served e*s navigator,
Edwards runs a restoration shop near Wilkes-Barre, Penn-
sylvania, ami felt there should be a local entry. After alt,
Wilkes-Barre was the next- to -last stop and would linst the
celebration at the end of the event, which tied in with a 1-
day July 4th celebration called, appropriately enough, the
Great American Festival.

Although Edwards enjoys working on other people’s old
care, il had been his dream since Lhe event began three
years ago to swing an entry in the 1 Great Race. Not many
people can afford to enter an event that requires driving
and l Tailoring across the country twice, with a 50-year-old
car. support vehicle and crew. So our media entry, worth
57ftOtC went a long way. and local businesses covered
expenses like ga.s, hotels and meals. Rut Edwards pur-
chased the car himself, and spent months preparing. Ford's
Los Angeles office provided a Mercury Sable chase car for
PM and a news team from Lhe Wilkes-Barre 7'utiex Leader^
which filed daily reports on lhe home Learn.

The GAR isn't really a. race, but a time 'distance rally.
The object is to arrive at the checkpoints at exactly the
right lime, nol just in the Jeasl amount of time. No
odometer is allowed, but u speedometer is, and only one
analog stopwatch and analog wrist watch can be kept in the
car. Several modifications are allowed, Including improve-
ments of braking, cooling and fuel systems. On our Ford,
Duriand installed a high-capacity radiator and an extra fart
in front plus an electric fuel pump to overcome vapor lock.

Route instructions are given to the drivers every morn-
ing. Those coming closest to perfect time at the end of each

day win. Hidden checkpoints scattered along the route
keep careful watch over each car. Experienced raJlyiste am
finish an entire day less than 20 seconds off a perfect time.

Having extra people in the car, creeping up to check-
pelnls h keeping notes on unauthorized note paper h even the
filing of written prelects can all add up to heavy time
penalties. Daily winners gel $5000, second place S^IKMJ and
third Sim On the: final day, closest- to -perfect time
garners a co ml 5100,0(10.

ItV a grueling event for cest and crew, and since Lhe
Edwards had no previous rally experience, we hardly
expected them to beat the pros in the field, Just getting to
Manhattan by July 5 would be reward enough.

Day 1 — Disneyland to Palm Springs

The competitors parade down Main Street nf Disneyland,
and the ears are right at home on the turn-of-thn-century
cobblestone paving. Rut lhe beamy of a anthem {California
morning turns into a hellish late afternoon in the desert.
Some 12 cai-s do not finish (DNF) the day, victims of the
heat, Palin Springs register 98 s F at midnight.

Day 2— Palm Springs to Grand Canyon

Desert Center,. California^ has never seen anything like it.
The tiny town in the middle of the Mojave is a designated
gas stop, and lhe local 2-pump owner ean’l remember the
last time a 1316 Crane Simplex limousine filled s er up here.
At noon we enter Needles, California, where the outside
temperature gauge on our Sable registers 1 17 J ! After a stop
in £cligman, Arizona, we hit the final slrelcb of the day to
Grand Canyon, arriving at sunset, when the Canyon is most
spectacular. Our climb in altitude has dropped tempera-
tures into the high tffte, and the nighttime sky over the
Grand Canyon is. full of more stars than anyone can
remember seeing at one lime..

Day 3 — Grand Canyon to Albuquerque

The Monument Valley morning run is inspiring enough, but
fades in comparison to the sheer majesty of the meadow's in
the high country 7 of Arizona and New Mexico — wooded.

Fit itopJ This 1^35 BMW isn’t likely to flntf anything except gas
and munchiei at this rural service station In California.

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The 1 924 Benifey Boyi are at top. Goodyear s
remMtd 191? Packard truck [atiove] re-creaies
1918 erosa-ccKintry run. The 30s -ityle Ford d! rt-
Crack racer brave* New Mexico fi*at (right ).

gr&jsay plains that stivU'h forever, by hunitilHLii

peak-s, We‘i? j following ILri lo B hut as much as possible the
rally cars an- directed off the main highway and onto
sEirricemads. Through Gallup, New Mexico, ami amiss the
Continental Divide we forgy on, arriving at Albuqcr^ue
about 6 i?, til.

Day 4 — Albuquerque to Amarillo

People are starting to pay attention to timing sheets, as t he
GAR computer sorts itself out from some initial eunfnsion,
We in the S/w'w'f 0/'l\\\*frex-lwrtr are just happy the tar is
still running. However, the first stay out we garnered a
respectable 45th position, and the next day a 37th. The
team improves with practice, Pulling into Albuquerque
with a busted speedometer, we finished 1 lih i-n day three.
Today at Amarillo it's m *Kh place. but team manager Lee
McDonald cautions us in stick to the race plan of merely
finishing each day, worrying a bout position second.

Day 5 — Amarillo to Tulsa

MeDmiald's admomtion is ttvll-fotmded, Tfa' S/tirtt hxv & ks
down just a lew y uiijs beyond a rheckpoinl outside Cl hum
< )k lain mm. wit li an overheated mu I. The ear is loaded inti a
trailer anti hauled into Tulsa. We DNF hir the day. tin- low
}KHnt of the nip. During the night, the crew impositions the
mil to a cooler spot under the hoorl.

Day 6— Tulsa to St* Louis

We jail I into St. Louis in the middle uf a Hpeclarulm
summer lightning strum Altera week of four horn's night h
rest, the- summer rain feels especially refreshing.

Day 7 — St. Louis to Indianapolis

Torrential rains mark this day of competition. We make do
without windshield wipers, and only rain gear provided by
one of the sijnnsors makes th e trip hearable. We drive into

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POPULAR fWECHAMKS * Mil i

PM COMPARISON TEST:

A year or so ago, He'd given up ike station
wii^on for dead. The big. old dinosaurs
were gone Lind their downsized replace-
ments just weren't up to the job. Minivans looked
like they were taking over hnih the family and com-
mercial markets that once were served hj station
wagons. Make no mistake, those practical, easy-
handling small vans have put a big dent into the
wagon market, hut they sure haven't killed it. Some-
people jusl prefer a wagon— they don’t see them-
selves as van types, mini or olherw ise.

Sniffing out this market segment, carmakers have
devr toped a whole new tine of high-tech wagons to
give the minivans a run for your money. Some of
them are brand-new designs. Others are adaptations
or improvements on existing wagons, but wagons
that have only been on the market a few years and

9

were already light-years ahead of the old dinosaurs.
Thore’s not a tail-wagger in the group.

We identifier! eight of these wagons, starting with the
futuristic Audi 500^ which started the high-tech wagon
trend, We had to include Fun IV lookalike Taurus and
Chevy's nimble Celebrity Eurosport. Volkswagen 1 * 4-
whecl-drive Quantum Synchro is about as high tech as you
can get — an Audi in VW clothing, Peugeot V SOS Turbo is a
surprising performer > and Volvo actually races its 740
turbo wagon in Lhe Showroom Stock class because it's
faster than the equivalent sedan. Nissan V Maxima is a
perennial favorite. Toyota’s Cressiria wagon is being re-
placed with a new upscale wagon version of the Camry,

To see for ourselves which of these wagons is truly most
wondrous, we tested them at Raceway Park in English-
town, New Jersey 1 and over the road outside Princeton.

Volvo 740 Turbo

Volvo's 740 Turbo is about the ultimate refinement of the
■conventional front -enguie/r ear-drive .station wagon. Com-
pared to the sleek Taurus, the frumpy Volvo is distinctly
old-fashioned looking. On the other hand, the Volvo pack-
age works better than other cars that took better on Lhe
spec sheet. And Volvo's 160-hp, turbocharged, intercooled
4-cylinder is Lhe most powerful engine in this class, not to
mention one of lhe most technically advanced.

In the quarter-mile, the staid Volvo walloped the compe-
tition by half a second and a mph. Mid-pack finishes in every
other test, plus an embarrassing last place in braking — pro-
bably due to brakes tbaL badift been properly bedded-in
before we started — dropped the Volvo to Lb in I in our track
ranking. But, don't be misled As our track test driver

summed up; 'The Volvo is the most stable anti secure
wagon you can buy. And il gomV* Even with a $22,000 price
tag, the 740 Turbo is the stripper version of this car Our
testers were disappointed to find a manual sunroof and
manual miiTors on a car this expensive.

Features our testers specifically liked include the conve-
nient pushbutton overdrive switch atop the shift knob
("handier than a eikth speed"), the driving position Treal-
ly like the big steering wheel and nice instrument layout' 1 ),
and the ease of maintenance ("a snap to service").

The Volvo's balanced |*erformance and overall ambience
are what made it a winner. Every tester mentioned the
marvelous handling and acceleration (“passing is a joy”),
and the Volvo's “air of solid self-confidence. 11

Peugeot 505 Turbo

The most pleasant surprise of this lest was Peugeot's
opulent 505 wagon. The curvaceous Pininfarina look is back
in style in our Aero Age, and still handsome after all these
years. The white paint job on our test ear was flawless, the:
blue leather interior bedonisticuUy extravagant.

Compared to past Peugeot*. the current 505 has terrific
ergonomics, with logically laid out controls and comfortable
chair-height seats. The interior doesn't measure any larger
than the competition, but it feels more spacious.

At the track, the 506 performed remarkably well. Thanks
to its iilbncw turbo Cylinder, it was the only wagon besides
Lhe Volvo to break 17 seconds for the quarter-mile. Jt was
also second on the- skid pad and securely near the top in our
other Lests. 1 1 even holds more grocery bags than the

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SPECIFICATIONS AND DIMENSIONS

Mfl

BASE

PHICE

PRICE

AS

TESTED

ENGINE

T6AHS-

MI5SI0N

W8f£L

BASE

PJ

LENGTH

(in.)

WEIGHT
lift 4

Audi £0005

$20,625

$23,040

UO-hp SOCK
2 2'litor Inline 5

5-suaed

manual

105.8

182.7

29*4

Chevy Celebrity Eurosport

S54&

15,622

125-hp OHV
2 8-Mer V-e

3-sp

automatic

104 9

190.8

20*0

Ford Taurus LX

13.921

16.2*6

1 40-hp OHV
3.0-liiet V-6

4-SpO€d

automatic

195.0

121 9

3165

Nissan Maxima GXE

16,635

16,903

152-hpSOHC
3.0 -IiIbt V-6

4-apwd

.automate

100.4

184,6

■jm

Peugeot 505 Turbo

20.900

21,315

150-hp OHV 2.?.
lifer lrmrwa-4 Turbo

5-spced

iiwivat

114. t

198.9

3230

Toyota Camry LE

14.168

16,063

S 15-hp DOKC
2 .0-SiLOr In-line 4

4-speed

auScmah:

t02 4

1831

3010

Volkswagen Quantum Synchro

16.64$

19,349

110-hp &OHC
2.2-Mler lrtline-5

5-spaod

manual

1004

103 1

2535

Volvo 740 Turbo

21 .355

21 ,675

160-hp SOHC 2 3-
lilOr MirtiM Tu*bO

4 -speed manual
- ftMOrdrivd

102 1

108.4

3104

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? -G-fQfce? gener^led during Steady-state cornering around a 2G0-ft.-dia. (srcl e; qw ctockwi^e qcm ceiintefctockwjM

3. The number cl slandant-E-LZB grocery bags thal will eland ogrighli 1 -in. crush space pemvtled) n IrunK w4ft rear seals up

4 . Cubic Fddaga in cargo area Wilh rear seals down

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POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 1 98b

TOYOTA CAMRV

competition, a holdover from its- commercial van origins.

Toyota Cairtry LE

Wo originally asked Toyota fur a Cressidu wagon, but
Toyota's people talked us into trying the new Camry + which
they're obviously grooming to move op-markeL as the dollar
drops against the yen. As it turns out,, the Camry actually
won our track test — mostly because of an unbelievably
spacious cargo area and a fuel-sipping engine.

Our testers liked the basic Camry package, with the
exception of the "horrid DaLsUn 810 tail lights/ 1 The conser-
vative, slab-sided body is beautifully put together, and
unless you put them side-by-side, it F s hard to tell the
difference between the Camry Ll£ and the older Cressida.

Inside, our tesles-s praised excellent ergonomics and
great cuntmls. Even with all -season tires and the smallest
engine in this group, the Camry was a mid-pack performer
at the track, With Toyota's 5-speed instead of our test car's
4-speed automatic, the performance would have been
better. Indeed, the most criticized feature was this balky
transmission, with ratios too widely spaced.

The Camry outperforms the Cressida— not to mention
most of the cars in this group— but we could never shake
the feeling that the Camry was Lh over its head. The
Cressida feels like a big luxury car. The Camry feels like a
compact. We’d say Toyota 1 * marketeers will have to work
hard if they expect the Camry t<j replace the Cressida in
upscale American drivew ays.

Volkswagen Quantum Synchro

Far thousands of dollars less than an Audi DOT), VW will
sell you a wagon that is not only more fun to drive and just

Extra credit for versatility

fortf s gone to great lengths
to make (he Taurus a useful
wagon, not just a big box.
Rear luggage area ft| can be
expanded for cargo In the usu-
al way \2 1 Picnic Iray |3J fpJds
out. third seat HI flips up from
hidden storage well |Sf

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17 25 @ 77.37

176

56.24

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19

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123,52

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£tk 15.02

10-01 ® 76.12

166

57.5S

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114.52

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150

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143.71

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140

56.51

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46.7

119.94

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16.57 ® 84.64

177

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6 FCuntS are awarded AfOffl bea {1) to worst (6^ in &adh Category. FeweatloLal points ranks First, and soon.

7 Subjective ranking on ihe road by a roam ol losters. cars are graded by Feel," independent e? lesi track resets.

0 Average cd Tesi Track and Road Tab! ralmgs. fi&ad Tost score breaks ties. Beld numbers show bast performance.

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WONDER WAGONS

as comfortable, hut fitted with the same
full-time, 4- wheel-drive system used fo
Audi Quadras that cost nearly twice as
imjfch. Unlike mcisst 4^4^, the VW.'Audi
system is always engaged, but you cm
choose to kick the rear differential and
the center differential if conditions get
really slippery.

The Quantum Synchro is a variant of
the Audi 4000 CS Quattro sedan. In
either guise, this is more a classic Euro-
pean sports machine with “throwahle 1 "
handling, precise steering, excellent
midrange acceleration and an effortless
cruising speed— all the things you VI
want in a German mad car.

The VW was tops on the skidpad.
third in acceleration and near the top
everywhere else. Even leaked in -Iwd,
it returned the second best fitel econo-
my behind the Camry. A relatively
small interior anrl limited cargo room
lowered its score at the track.

It's not perfect. The bade Quantum/
Audi 4000 has been around for years,
sand it’s beginning to seem dated. One
tester said: ‘Tacky op-art interior is
terrible!" Another added: "Scirncco-
based seats have been a VW pain in the
bult for years, Wien wilt they change? 11
Bui overall our testers voted the
Quantum the most fun to drive-

Ford Taurus UC

As you may already know, the Taurus
(and its identical twin, the Mercury
Sable) have been runaway sales suc-
cesses for Ford. The Taurus look? like a
spaceship, but it drives like an Ameri-
can car. That's a compliment, not a
criticism. The Taurus is a jroorf Ameri-
can car. It's comfortable, predictable
and easy to drive, At the track, il was
last or nearly so in every lest. But truck
numbers art not what this car is all
about.

Our testers tailed the Taurus ele-
gant, strikingly pretty and the best-
looking wagon ever. Surprisingly, the
Taurus interior doesn't match the exte-
rior. Our test tar was upholstered in a
fuzzy gray fabric that looked like mouse
for, and more than one in the group
complained about assembly techniques
that left trim screws exposed and un-
sightly gaps between pieces.

Among the features our teeters criti-
cized were the column shifter in a
sporty car, the fake woodgrain dash-
board. and the optional digital instru-
ments. Most people who buy this car
will be more impressed by the estra sun
shields on the sun visors, the dual
vanity mirrors, and the optional tail-
gate picnic table.

We have to admit that Ford knows
its market. Still. we r d like lo see more
horsepower to bring the Taurus up to
par with other cars of this type, a
better- finished interior upholstered in
more durable fabric, brakes that are

*2

capable of locking a wheel in a panic
stop if necessary, and handling Chat
doesn't gel ail mushy when you push
the car bard.

Audi 5000 S

Audi invented the Wonder Wagon mar-
ket when il introduced the 50G0S three
years ago. Remarkably, the Audi
doesn’t look dated in l he least.

Audi’s 5000S interior is meant to he
equally advanced, bul we Lhink it's
overdone. "Bizarre, to u baroque for my
taste" was a typical comment. Despite
the fi-ivay power seats, it's hard to get
comfortable, and testers of all sizes
found it difficult to get properly posi-
tioned behind the wheel.

Other ergonomic complaints were
pedals that are too clo&e together and
off center, and small windows anil high
belt-line creating a closed-in, claustro-
phobic feeling. Rear vision is particu-
larly poor due lo the maze of spoiler,
wiper and pillars. A mild redesign could
solve all our complaints without losing
any of the Audi's unique style.

The 5000S costs more than the other
cars in this teat* yet it was a mid-pack
performer. You can order it turbo-
charged, of course, but that ups the
price. None of our road testers ranked
the Audi higher than fourth, not even
the lone enthusiast who said: ’This is
the best Audi I've ever driven. " The
rest of us preferred VW’s Quantum
Synchro, which after all, is an Audi
with a VW emblem.

Nissan Maxima GXE

We liked the Maxima sedan we tested a
year ago, considering it a bargain at
$ 13,500. The yen/dollar relationship
has changed all that. This Maxima wag-
on costs a heady 417,000, which brings
it into competition with an upscale
group of serious sports machines.

The Nissan finished last in our track
testing, and mid-pack in the hearts of
our road testers. As one driver put it:
"The Maxima is confused. It's been
Americanized, which leaves it without
a clear image. It's not very sporty, but
not luxurious enough, either."

There's nothing wTong with the basic
Maxima package. The conservative
styling is fine. Fit and finish is excel-
lent. But our testers weren't as happy
with the offbeat "designer" interior.

By for the beat part of the Maxima is
its smooth 3-liter VG engine, shared
with the Hardbody pickup and 300 ZX.
The car goes, slops ami handles well,
but the limits are not very high.

The Maxima's good performance,
smoothness and obvious quality cap-
tured supporters; its busy interior and
“synthesized nag"' vocal warning sys-
tem turned off others. There is nothing
wrong with the Maxima that a couple of
good design engineers couldn't fix in a

week- At that point, this would turn
into a true Wonder Wagon. The basics
are already there.

Chevrolet Celebrity
Eurosport

What a disappointment - The last Euro-
sport we tested was a sedan that we
called one of the best bargains oti the
mad. At that tisne^ our test Celebrity
Eurosport was equipjjori With the stiff
suspension, more powerful H O. VB,
top-grade Eagle GT tires and a variety
of heavy-duty parts. Although Chevy
say a that its standard 1987 multipoint
foe! injection V€s now has the same 130
hp as the HA), V6 of the original Euro-
sport , it sure doesn't feel that way on
the mad.

Compared to that fondly remem-
bered Eumsport sedan, this wagon
seemed to im down on everything—
handling, power, ambience. It's a Ce-
lebrity wagotl w ith blackout dfjor han-
dles. Instead of being an inexpensive
raaebbumer, the EuroSport is now a
116,000 family station wagon, distinctly
out of date compared to aixhrivnJ Tau-
rus. In our track testing, the Eurosport
finished sixth. It's perfectly competent,
just not the Q-ahip that we remember.

Our testers voted it resoundingly
last. "This thing drives like a Mommy/
Daddy station wagon with painW trim
instead of chrome. It’s neither Euro nor
Sport/' said one tester.

Our track test driver felt quite
strongly about the Eurospurt. "This
basic wagon is excellent anti the quali-
ty is surprisingly good. The handling is
stable anti predictable, but there’s lots
of bump steer and chatter through the
steering wheel at high speeds. The 4-
speed automatic hunts and pecks an-
noyingly, and the 2.8 V6 just doesn’t
feel like it has 130 hp. The brakes are
very poor — lots of fade. On paper, the
Eurosport may not have changed much
since , H4 1 but the new generation of
Wonder Wagons runs rings around it on
the road." We thi nk its time for Chev«
ralet to update the Eurosport to keep it

competitive.

Conclusion

This was one of the closes! tests we’ve
run in years. Even the last place finish-
ers are good, solid wagons, they just
lack that certain something that distin-
guishes the winners. Cali it perfor-
mance, call it style, call it elan, the
Volvo and Peugeot have most of it.

The Eurospori, Maxima and Camry
could bo world class with jusl a bit of
massaging, while the Audi 5O0O and
Taurus have been so successful, their
manufacturers need no advice from us.
The wagon that we think haw the most
potential is VW s high-tech Quantum
Synchro. Spiff up the interior and this
would l^e a Wonder Wagon, indeed. IW

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECLMBtR I Vflfc

FANTASTIC

VOYAGE

Leading-edge, fighter-plane technology is about to take
doctors almost literally inside patients' hearts.

BY THOMAS A. FURNESS

A bu rfc A C.Ll£-^ uver ihe

ope rat ing room . A vat !i -
eter is itismod into a
vein in the patient 1 ^
arm. At the end r jf the
cathetrr is a rnicmmochamcal device
containing a scanning TV and pressure
sensor. The chief surgeon places- a spe-
cial holme! oil his head. The power Lo
Lhe catheter and helmet display is
turner] on. A given, glow reflects into

Ti'i'tf'it* .A fit i^r hH't’itffh* S iMtnt Utop/atf

hmtrh nflfu Afimtrurw ilrn^Hri'p 1 U<i
f'iri lfe*+\irdj bib af WnfM-yattertitm A Hi. Ohut.

the sui^eon's eyes. Instantly, he is
transported visually into the body of his
patient as his helmet gives him the
sights ami sounds received from the
probe located at lhe end of the catheter.
As be makes his incredible journey
inside this human being, he sees a
whole new world from inside the bhroii
vessel. He "pilot*" the catheter probe,
navigating toward the heart, while
hearing the gurgle of the blood around a
defective heart valve. As he approach-
es Lhe heart valve, he reaches out with
his hand to remotely control a minia-

Heart surgeon of the future will physkaiiy
tee! as if he ha* entered a bJood vessel and is
traveling through It toward the hean. A
catheter probe transmits the sights and
sounds io the surgeons special helmet
where the world inside the patient's body Is
recreated. Uke a shrinking man of sconce
fiction, the surgeon Is able 10 discover un-
healthy situation* like telly tissue blocking
the aorta [Inset) and make repairs.

POPULAR MECHANICS ■ C Jt-C'E- V1H!

L 'M is I O'- r m 1 v. ;r; Hr > n-

61

FANTASTIC

VOYAGE

lure suturing machine which corrects
the valve malfunction. On the other
side of the heart, the surgeon continues
his journey into the aorta. He fires his
laser ray gun to destroy another ene-
my— fatty tissue blocking the aorta,

Sound incredible? It's just another
application of a revolutionary set of new
Ethnologies being developed by the
U-S- Air Force to aid pitots in high-
performance aircraft. The aim of these
new technologies is to create artificial
but realistic computer-generated
worlds of sight, sound and touch which
the pilot can use to find the enemy and
control the fighter aircraft more effec-
tively „

Both Air Force pilots and design
engineers are concerned that modem
fighter cockpits have become too com-
plex. Some of these cockpits can have
up to 300 switches and more than 70
instruments or displays of information.

In real combat, the pilot must deal with
ah of the information available and
operate his aircraft and its. weapons
simultaneously. Instead of showing the
pilot a true perspective picture of the
world, there are several electronic
symbol displays in the cockpit w r hich
the pilot has to search in order to put
together, in his mind, an overall picture
of the combat situation. Ho must quick-
ly answer the questions: Where am I?

Where is the enemy? What is the health
of my aircraft? Where are my friends?

A new' way is needed to convey this
information rapidly to pitots if the bat-
tle is to be won. And it may be as simple
as putting on a helmet.

Instead of being forced to remain on the outside of the
action looking in— as current computer-aided designs ap-
pear on conventional TV monitors— it is now possible for a
computer programmer— or a pilot, or surgeon- to journey
inside the design, becoming part of the world or object
which is being designed by the computer. The programmer
is able to reach out and touch objects which do nnt really
exist,, but are actually illusions fabricated by the computer.
While operating in this virtual design space, the program-
mer speaks to the computer and commands objects to move
or change as he reaches out to touch them. Consider such a
virtual design terminal applied in the automotive industry.
It would be possible to go inside a hypothetical automobile,
design the instrument panels and drive the car before it
actually exist*. Once the design would be completed and
optimized in the computer, other computers would lake
over to produce the drawings and to manufacture the parts.

Another commercial application of the virtual world
technology will be in the retail merchandising business.
Instead of a paper catalog, the consumer will have a
“virtual catalog" to look through with his magic helmet. The
procedure could be used to select and fit a suit using stored
physical information. Virtual suits could be tried on for
siring and color matching before the order would be placed

Experimenter at Wright-PaTEerlon AFB, Ohio, sits inside a vlrtuaf cockpit simulator w^fJng
helmet containing the visual displays he needs to fly. The helmet Is connected to a large,
parallel processing computer system that generates images an small screens, sounds in three
dimensions Inside the helmet, and a sense of touch Inside a special glove.

[o a computer-aided cloLbing manufacturing operation.

In Lho future, chi 1 television viewer will wear his TV set.
being able to go inside the televised scene to participate in
the action and have a 3-D panoramic representation of the
transmission (instead of a small-screen TV picture],

Air Force labor? Lories at Wright -Patterson AFB b Ohio,
have been pioneering a new set of cockpit technologies
termed the Super Cockpit. The approach is to link the
human more effectively to com j>u te r-generaled information
by building "virtual" worlds for the pilot., Three virtual
worlds will be created in the Super Cockpit: a 3-D visual
world, a 3-D sound world and a 3-D touch world. A familiar
virtual world is the image you would see of yourself in a
mirror. The image in the mirror appears to be standing
behind the mirror, but is not really there.

These virtual worlds are created using special devices
incorporated into the pilot's helmet and gloves. The pilot
literally wears the Super Cockpit. An airborne computer
called a virtual world generator receives information from
the rest of the aircraft electronics (radios, navigation
equipment, and so on), radar and infrared sensors and
creates the signals for producing the visual, aural and
tactile presentations to the pilot. The on- board computer
uses parallel processors composed of very-high-speed inte-

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER I9S6

Visual display terminals developed ai WrigMt^Pat terson already
have been used In eiiptrl mental virtual cockpits. The tiny vlioaH
display ter mi na I at right Mas a diagonal measurement of In. The
smaller VDT Is % in. Jn diagonal measuremerTt-

combined idectrorsically ami projected to the pilot un his
visor overlaying the darkness. Night is turned into day.

Along with the visual world, a S-D sound world is
generated and played to the pilot using special earphones in
the helmet. When the pitot talks to his wingman, he hears
the wd ragman's voice coming from the direction of the other
aircraft. When am enemy aircraft sends a radar signal to
track his aircraft, the pilot hem's those incoming signals
from the threatening enemy V direct km.

Also, as the pitot moves h^ head, the pound is conv-
spondingly moved so that it always seems to come frvim.the
proper direction. A quiet hut compelling voice also whis-
pers in his ear when there are items of information that he
shouldn't ignore, such eis: ll There Is a fire In your left
engine!" The audio system also recognizes the pilot’s speech
as he gives verbal orders to the aircraft.

The tactile or "touch' 1 world is created for the pitoL using
special gloves containing both a magnetic tracker and
tactile simulators. The magnetic tracker precisely mea-
sures the position of his hands in the cockpit and, at the
same time, provides touch stimulation to his fingers as he
touches virtual objects (such as cockpit switches) which
have been drawn by the computer and appear in the visual
virtual world. For instance, if the pilot wants to program
coordinates into his navigation computer or desires to
select and ready a missile for launch, he reaches in the
cockpit toward an invisible switching panel The magnetic
tracker keeps tabs on his hand location. As his hand enters
a predetermined volume within the cockpit, the pilot feels a
sharp edge cross his palm. This is caused by piezoelectric
vsbrotactile devices in his glove that stimulate his hand by
vibrating al high frequency. Simultaneously, an image of
the switch panel is projected into the cockpit space. The
pilot points his finger jtt the correct switches.

Although the Air Force is anxious to continue the
development of virtual world technologies for advanced
aircraft, there are also other exciting applications which are
being pursued. Imagine a suitcase training simulator allow-
ing the pilot to si t at his desk anywhere, open his briefcase,
put on a special headgear containing the same components
as the Super Cockpit and practice flying missions. Any
room could be converted into a simulator.

While Super Cockpits will be helping maintain our
nation’s defense, ultimately these technologies will better
couple humans to computing machines and will achieve
another great leap in the information age. VM

AN tfre dlspdayi strewn In a current cockpit [above] are translated
Into a 3-dlmcnsionaJ picture [top] Inside the helmet of the virtual
cockpit. As the pilot turns his bead, or as the craft changes
heading, the display icrods, movfjrg like the real world outside.

grated circuits (VHSIC) and draws information from a
ia&er-disc memory.

The visual information is shown on two dime-sized TV
picture tubes (one for each eye), which create the images
generated in the aircraft's computers. These pictures are
magnified and projected into the pilot's eyes using mirrors
on the helmet so that he sees a '‘cinemascope” picture which
appears in 3-D, A tiny magnetic sensor, abu in the pilot's
helmet, tells the virtual world generator the direction in
which the pilot is aiming his head so that the images on the
TV tubes can be repositioned to appear to be stabilized.

In order to control the functions within this virtual
cockpit, the pilot speaks commands and directs hb hands
and eyes toward the switches to be controlled. Weapons are
aiso aimed in the direction of the pilot's eyes. Infrared
sensors outside the aircraft are positioned by the orienta-
tion of the head and displayed to the eyes via the helmet
projectors. In this way, the pilot is given a remarkable X-
ray vision to see through the plane — and at night!

As the pitot peers at the horizon in the dead of night, an
external Infrared sensor shadows his head movement one-
for-one while the computer scrolls the stored terrain data-
base from optical memory. The computer-generated scene,
attack information and infrared picture of the world are

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 1986

65

\£ } iU f 4A

Amuse and educate your children
with these six easy-to-make toys.

BY CLARK AND PEGGY CASWELL

D esigned exclusively for Popular 1
Mechanics, these six toys use
alphabet blocks and puzzle parts 1
to challenge, enlighten and teach
children about spelling and
arithmetic, 11. S. geography, angles within a
protractor, telling time, inch dimensions, and
volume and fractions and their relationship to
the whole.

Most of the toys are made of Vi-in, birch-veneer
plywood. The magnetic blackboard is a sheet-
metal panel framed in solid maple. The dear Plexi-
glas volume cuhe houses several maple blocks. The
paint used on the toys is safe, nontoxic Accent
paints manufactured by Illinois Bronze of Lake
Zurich, Illinois. The child-safe paints contain
no lead, heavy metals or hazardous sub- A
stances. All unpainted toy parts are pro- j I
tec ted with polyurethane varnish, which is ,Q

also nontoxic when dry. Caution; A few of / J
the toys have small parts that could be
swallowed accidentally. These toys are ,41
not mom mended for use by infants / •'
and very young chi Idren. A

Color pJioto: Bill Aids
Sl^ch tn^whltf photos; Peggy Caswell
Toy dftlgnjj Clark CaiwdP, Steven WlPlion
T«dinft«lirh Pytk FlrtWeru*

Alphabet
Black-
board

H elp to develop your child’s read-
ing, writing and arithmetic skills
with this magnetic blackboard. Use 24-
gauge paint -grip galvanized sheetmeliil
for the blackboard surface. Paint-grip
metal is specially treated to accept
paint and is available at sheetmeta)
shops. Spray-paint the shoot metal and
letter and number blocks with a nontox-
ic: > semiflat black paint,

Start by cutting the frame parts to
size fram maple stock. Cut 4h L ' uniters
on both ends of each part. N ext, saw a
Ki-in.-rtecp x rabbet in each [iart

to accept the sheetmetai. Assemble the
frame using glue and 4d finishing nails.
Then, cut the Vk-im -thick maple: chalk
tray. Using a %-in.-dia. core-box bit,
rout a : V^i-in.-deep x 25 5 /s-in,-long
groove in the tray. Now glue and screw
the tray to the frame with iVi-in. No. 6
flathead screw's, Sand the wood and
apply two coats of polyurethane var-
nish. Drill holes in the sheetmetal and
attach it to the frame with %-iru tacks.

Next, cut the letter and number
blocks from birch -veneer ply-

wood. First, rip the plywood into 114-
in. -wide strips then use a shopmade jig,
as shown, to safely crosscut the strips
into 1 Vi x m-in. blocks. Cut a couple of
blocks 2 Vi in. long to accommodate the
letter “W ,h anti the dollar it) sign.
Spray-paint the blocks aiul apply 1-in.
Gothic vinyl, press-on letters and num-
bers, Vinyl letters are at artist supply
stores. Apply a Vb-in.-wide x : t^-in.
piece of adhesive-backed magnetic
strip to the back of each block.

M-1J2

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HANGER
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maple

DETAIL 1

Clamp the frame parti together and bore
pilot holes for 4d finishing nail*. Locate Ihe
holes so the nafib don't hit each other.

Cut blocks gulcidy. safely with this Jig, Nail
(arrow] driven through jig am as a stop.
Butt strip against the naif and cut block.

USA Map
Puzzle

D iscover America, state by
state, with this colorful jig-
saw puzzle. It's a fun way for children
to learn state names, shapes and gen-
graphic locations. Make the puzzle from
two Vi x 14 x 20-in, pieces of birch
plywood. Cut the state* from one piece
and use the second as a backboard. Use
a United Stales map and carbon paper
to trace the state outlines to the ply-
wood. We used a map that measures
1514 in, from California to Delaware.

After Iradng the map onto the ply-
wood panel, use a scroll saw to cut a 1%-
in.-wirie border from the perimeter of
the panel. Then, glue and damp the %-
in .-wide frame to the second plywood
panel, as shown. Spray- paint the back-
board w r ith nontoxic f1at-w r btte paint.

Next, paint each state using Accent
acrylic paints- Use the three primary

SB

map puzzle

GLUE FRAME
TO RACK PANEL

7/0" -U/ IDE
FRAME FROM
U4 X T4 X 20'
flfRCH PLYWOOD

MAPfWNEL

FIRST CUT
OF PUZZLE

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER 19B6

paint colors — red + blue j yellow — m is t
and mixed to produce about night dif-
ferent colors. Then, apply the state
names with dry-transfer lettering.
Now start cutting the map into puzzle
pieces on a scroll saw. Make Lhe first
cut through the Gulf of Mexico, along
western Louisiana and noilh through
Canada. Gut along state borders. Con-
tinue cutting nut each state. Part of
New England and the Maryland region
combine more than one state- Sand
lightly and seal the edges of each piece
with polyurethane varnish.

Bore a smarr-dlaineter hpde fin the comer Of
Lhe map. Insert the scroll saw blade and cut
a V r in.-wkJe border from the map.

Hefe i an effective way to glue the map's
border to the plywood backboard: U»
several spring -type clothespins as clamps.

Protractor &
Clock Puzzle

Flint, cut the dock face Into three large
parts, as shown, Then, cut each part into the
imaFler pieces that form the Jigsaw puzzle.

T his toy is actually I wo games on one
board. The full-scale protractor
and its six parts help teach angles from
0 to 180^ The jigsaw-puzzle clock with
movable hands makes tolling time fun
and easy.

First, cut two Vi x H x 20-in, pieces
of birch-veneer plyw ood. In one piece r
make two circular cutouts using a scroll
saw or sabor saw. Cut an 8-im-dia, hole
for the clock and a 5-in. portion of an 8-
in.-dia, hole (see the drawing detail) 1 for
the protractor. Save the pieces cut from
the holes to make the protractor and
clock face. Use a scroll saw to cut the D-
shaped protractor. Then 1 saw the pro-
tractor’s center-cutout into six angles.

+ + Ruler Box

S implify the understanding of inch
and metric dimensions with this
clever ruler box. The Vi-m. birch- ve-
neer plywood box houses 12 wood
blocks of varying sizes. A standard 12-
Ln. wood ruler is used as the box top.
The ruler slides in V$ x Vn-ln. grooves
cut in the box sides. The box dimen-
sions shown in the drawing accommo-
date a H;-in. -thick x V/\t x L2-in. ruler.
Alter the size of the box to accept other
size rulers.

Cut and assemble the box with glue
only. Hold the glued-up box together
with masking tape. After the glue

as shown. Sand the edges of ail parts
wish 120-grit sandpaper. Also, sand off
any sharp points.

Paint the clock face, apply I -in. vinyl
press-on numbers and make two hands
from W-in. birch plywood. Now, use a
band, scroll or saber saw tu cut the
dock face into at least Id pieces. Be

sure that each number is on a se|mrato
piece. Attach the hands to the center
piece with a :4 4-in. No, 4 brass round-
head screw.

Finally, glue the plywood panel with
the cutouts to the second backboard
panel. Apply two coats of polyurethane
varnish to the panel assembly .

3i^ NO. 4

fiHflflASS

SCREW

PROTRACTOR AND CLOCK FtiZELE

i h m ss-on

VINYL NUMBER*

NOTE:

BOTH PUZZLES
HAVE A 4" RADIUS

RULER BOX

ItfX 3-3/16 U"
RULER

rtf X 7/8 X 2 "
ESRCH f LYWDOD

FRONT

mx?tBX r-a tf r

BIRCH PLYWOOD

BOTTOM
1/4 X CTS X 31^=4"

BIRCH FLYUOOD

CUT ALL BLOCKS
FROM B ftCH PLYWOOD

ua x ub"

DETAIL 1

POPULAR MECHANO * DECEMBER 1986

69

dries, sand the box smooth with 120-
grit sandpaper and apply a coat, of
mntaxk paint. Next, make the dimen-
sion blocks from Vi. and : - i-in. birch-
veneer plywood, Wo cut 12 blocks from

Volume
Cube

T his toy makes com-
prehending volume
child's play.. The clear Plexiglas cube
represents the whole. Painted blocks
represent different amounts of volume
that together make up the whole. The
blocks show clearly that the same
amount of volume* say Vj, can be repre-
sented by two different sire blocks.
Cut the Win. Plexiglas parts on a
table saw with a smooth-cutting blade.
Sand the edges of the Plexiglas with

Dry'^uembte the cube using masking tape.
Then, TnJd dawn the ildes. apply plastic
cement and reassemble the cube with tape-

Fraction Puzzle

that helps
child understand frao
The puzzle shows the rela-
of different fractional
other and to the whole.

Start by cutting two V 4
birch plywood pieces. Cut two^ H ..- uw
boles in one piece on a scroll saw. Now-
glue the two plywood pieces together to
form the puzzle board.

Next, cut five s /i x 814 x 8 ] />-in. birch
plywood squares. Mark each square

Tbe smaller fractional designations are dry-
trdnsftr number?. Larger pne-half fraction?
are peeF ancJ stack black vinyl numbers.

Vx to 4 in. long, but you can vary the
number of blocks by changing their
dimension, You can make metric di-
mension blocks „ too.

Paint each set of wood blocks? a differ-

ent color. For example^ paint the Vi-iru
blocks bright yellow, the '4dn. blocks
green r and so on. Then, identify the
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ntied with e set of itm
cowf and bead culler*, Ji
y led id shape a playre
frame molding. Elevate
the cut ( ef head slightly
with each p ass. Don't

try to make a full-depth
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The completed mahogany picture frame
{top) h made up of eight pieces of stock.
Cross-section profile | above) rewaJ hew
frame molding Ls made. Shape each part
separately before gluing them together.

M ost woodworking shops are
bu Lit around a UibEe taw and
radial-arm saw because of
their versatility. And, of the many
accessories available far use on these
two essential shop tools, none is more
versatile than a molding cutterhead,

A cutterhead, which fits on the saw's
arbor in place of a saw blade, holds
three identical blades, or knives. The
knives are sold in sets of three and are
available in more than 30 different
shapes. A few of the many timesaving
jobs you can perform using a molding
cutterhead include milling custom and
standard moldings,, shaping decorative
edges* cutting an ornate picture frame
and surface-planing lumber
Many cuts are made using only a
portion of the knives' profiles. There-
fore, a single knife set can produce
several different-shaped cuts. Also,
knife sets are commonly used in combi-
nation to achieve a desired shape. Sim-

ply change the knives after each cut.
Certain knife sets, though, such as the
tongue-and-groove, glue joint and cabi-
net door lip, must be used full profile in
order to obtain correct results*

Note that we show molding cutter-
head techniques being performed on
both the table saw and the radial-arm
saw. The feet is, all molding cutterhead
operations can be executed on either
tool. Regardless of the tool usecl 1 al-
ways make the cuts in stages. Increase
the depth of cut slightly with each pass
until the desired shape is formed- This
is especially important when working
with hardwoods that splinter easily.
Also, feed the work slowly over the
cutterhead to reduce the chance of
splintering, chattering and kickback.

Table saw techniques

To use a cutterhead on the table saw,
first remove the blade guard and the
saw blade table insert. Replace the

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PICTURE FRAME MOLDING

Cut a CUV* shape rn both edges of IWP 4 -In." fnstalJ a let of planef and Jointer knives To

*fde boards. Then, rip the boafds ilcwn the art rabbets In the narrow frame parts. Puslv

center to produce the rear frame member*. itkk and featherboard ensure safe nits.

Glue frame parts together to form moFcfJng. Cut grooves In the mitered molding ends to
Lise double-pointed brad pins to prevent receive triangular-shaped splines. Glue the
parts from slipping when damped. splines In place and clamp the frame square.

TABLE SAW

Here are two popular styles of the molding
cut ter head : The 7-In. Sears Craftsman model
[left} and the Sv^-ln.-dla. Delta tool.

TECHNIQUES

a d d a t h *

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Bask knife assortment Is shown with wood
samples. There are mote than JQ knife pat-
terns available for creating most moldings.

Execute an inboard Cut when shaping only a To shape the entire edge of a board, per-

portion of an edge- Guide the workpiece form an outboard cut. Pas* the workpiece

slowly against the auxiliary wood fence. between the saw fence and the cutterhead.

standard insert with a molding eut.ter-
head table insert that has a wider, but
shorter, opening. Then, attach an auxil-
iary wood fence ta bath sides of the
saw’s rip fence. Be sure to cut a semicir-
cular notch in the bottom edge of each
wood fence to allow clearance for the
knives. The wood fences allow you to
work on both sides of the cutterhead.

There are two ways to feed work into
a cutterhead; flat on the saw's table or
on edge w r ith the work's broad surface
against the fence. To shape only a
portion of an edge, feed the work flat on
the table with the edge to be cut guided
against the fence. This is known as an
inboard cut. When shaping the entire
edge of a board, pass the work between
the fence and the cutterhead. Guide the
unout edge against the fence. This is
called an outboard cut.

Here are two safe ways to make
small-dimension strip molding. For the
first method, simply cut the deaired
shape on a board that's at least 3 in.
wide, then rip the strip molding from
the board. The second method requires
the use of a simple st rip molding jig (see
page 110). The jig ig comprised of a
length of 2x4, rabbeted to accept the
molding stock, and a ‘4-in, plywood
base. Cut out a window in the base to
allow cutter clearance. Note that the jig
conceals the cutterhead completely. To
shape the molding, simply feed the
stock into the jig and pull it through
from the outfeed wide.

Use the miter gauge to cross-grain
shape the end of a board just as you
would for crosscutting. As the knives
exit the workpiece, though, splintering
will surely occur. To prevent this, sim-
ply insert a (4-in. -thick wood backup
strip behind the workpiece. As the cut
ia made, the backup strip will splinter,
hut the workpiece will be cut cleanly.

Most cuts arc made on the table saw
with the cutterhead in the vertical posi-
tion. But, the eutterhhead can be tilted
to any desired angle to produce a wide
variety of shapes and profiles. Angle
the cutterhead to make attractive
crown (cornice) moldings (page 110),
However, since a Lilted cutterhead cuts
a wider path than a vertical one, you
must make a new table insert. Cut out a
new insert from !4-in. plywood.

Picture frame molding

The molding used for this mahogany
frame Is comprised of two pieces of
stock, each shaped separately and then
glued together to form the finished
molding. Both pieces are shaped using
the same cutterhead knife set: Mb-in.
cove and bead cutters. The wider, rear
portions of the frame are shaped by the
cove section of the knives only. The
narrower, front frame members arc
edge-cut with the full cove and bead
(Nea &e turn to jjagg 109 J

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Here’s how to make sure you're tuned into them all.

L ook at the photograph above. Her
Clothes bear 1 he Stamp oi our assertive
age. The studied informality of his
atlire betrays yet another conceit of
our Ejme$. But besides their wardrobes
and the contemporary furniture, raihing you
can see in this picture i$ fundamentally differ -
rm phofc bn mapk kqzicwsk; ent from what you might have found in a

similar setting of 30 years ago. The TV set and
stack of hi-fi components might have graced
the if parents' parlor in she guise of a radio*
phonograph console and tirst-on-the^block
cofor TV.

Yes this couple, indeed all of us. have
something that wasn't available 30 or even 10
years ago. A clue resides in the images of
popular entertainment personalities captured
m frames on the wall. Compared to earlier
generations, we today have access to more
sources of electronic home entertainment in
our homes than ever before. What's more, we
have instant access to this entertainment
whenever we want it.

That miracle of magnetics and electronics,
the videocassette recorder, lets us watch a
iirst-run movie, catch the latest news, or

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altend an out-of-town ballet without re-
gard lo movie timetables, TV schedules
or theatrical calendars.

What Electronics procures lor us— at
teas! in the area of entertainment — is
freedom from the tyranny of time and
space It can iciroduce us to new expe-
riences and help us understand what's
jUSl over the horizon— as much a$ a
century ago the mechanical phono-
graph and player piano brought opera
to the beggar and fagtime to the rich.

So much for she philosophical as-
pects of "consumer" electronics:
There's a social aspect 3$ well.

Electronics today exerts a democra-
tizing influence on our society As the
cost of electronics merchandise contin-
ues to left — both in retail price and
against rising income- technological
marvels such as the VCfl or digital
compact disc player become commod-
ities wlthm the reach of a broader spec-
trum of society It takes money just to
own the house that can accommodate
a 1 CMt. projection TV and a pair of tower
loudspeakers. But an inexpensive
headphone-radio hauls in the same FM
program. And a VC ft plays the same
movies on e 19-m tabletop TV.

Historic a 1 ly , consu mer electronics
products have bucked the trend of the
official Consumer Price Index. For ex-
ample, the stereo system you purchase
today will cost you less than what you
might have paid in 1969 — and g»ve you
superior performance to what was
available at the time.

This bargain-basement pricing owes
not only to new technology, but also to
l he manufacturing efficiencies and
marketing strategies which technology

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offshoots o! professional products.
Let's take open-reel tape recorders lor
an example. After a company designed
a machine needed by professional
sound studios, it might (presumably
having recouped its research and de-
velopment investment) decide to maxi-
mize its profits by producing an ama-
teur or "consumer" version for the
relative handful of enthusiasts who
might buy one. This trickle- down pro-
duct— and its professional forerunner
— was prohably made from many,
many discrete electrical components.
It's possible that some labor-intensive
hand assembly was involved, loo.

In today's consumer electronics, the
jobs performed by yesterday's many
discrete components are often accom-
plished by a single large- or very-large-
scale integrated circuit— often called a
chip. And hand-assembly has given
way to machines that build machines

Complex chips are very expensive to
develop. So, too, is production machin-
ery. Consequently, consumer electron-
jcs companies do not produce a prod-
uct unless they've determined there is a
large, mass market for it. Once devel-
oped, chips fly off the block like news-
papers off a press, and the cost ol
producing I hem drops dramatically.
Wilh volume, the production machinery
soon pays for il$elF. The bottom Ime is
this It's unlikely that the studio digital
recorder would ever have been pro-
duced unless manufacturers saw a
huge consumer markei for digital audio
compaci disc players.

That's no! all there ps to it. Beyond the

CD player a manufacturer looks tor
promise of additional potentially mar-
ketable products. In the audio section
of this special report, you'll read how
the compact disc is forcing improve-
ments in the other hi-fi components
required to reproduce music in the
home— including Ihe record turntable.

Similarly, in the video segmenl ot the
report, you'll learn how the VCR forced
the TV set to improve its image — and
why TV is now returning the favor.
Change engenders further change in
the world of entertainment electronics,
in the flush ol success, a new product
raises the ante for its counterparts.
Nothing, really, occurs in a vacuum.

In a sense, ihe dynamics of consum-
er electronics is very much like that ol
life itself— especially life in this particu-
lar decade of ihe 20th century. Change
comes fast. Today's future becomes
tomorrow's present. Technological in-
novation sometimes oul paces practical
application.

It's difficult to make confident deci-
sions based on ihe many and increas-
ing variables thai our age of informa-
tion-overload serves up.

We, the editors, hope this special
report will serve you as an overview to
the current and ongoing changes in
electronic home entertainment By giv-
ing you a perspective on the billiards-
like dynamics of the subject, we hope io
eliminate at least some of the confusion
caused by multiple choices and mar-
keting hype— and thereby help you
make an informed decision if you're
shopping for those produds.

One final word — on the threat posed
by today's plethora of electronic enter-
tainment possibilities

Amidst the bells, whistles and flash-
ing lights, we face the danger of mistak-
ing the means for the end, or the modi'
urn lor the message. IS is, after all.
possible to hear th e pou nd i ng r hylhm of
Springsteen's "Born To Run" wilhout
listening to Ihe desperate appeal for
human companionship that its lyrics
seek to convey. Similarly, one can
laugh at the comic antics of a young
Jack Lemmon in "The Apartment" yet
overlook too black-and-white tragedy
ol his misplaced priorities .

tn its ability to provide diversion, elec-
tronic entertainment can make us pas-
sive participants rn life— indifferent to
ihe events and circumstances that af-
fect us In doing so, electronic enter-
tainment becomes 'he enemy ol its own
promise. That promise is lo communi-
cate. across time and distance, our
hopes and anxieties, ourpys and fears
Only through such communication can
we hope to understand that it Is ihe
differences among us that unite us as
individuals.— Stephen A. Booth

dictates

In the nOL-tOO-reCj&nl pasi, consumer
electronics products generally were ihe

Components £&en h&r& and on the preceding
page are among the beat available. From tha top
left: Dual CS50OQ turntable {%4QQ) with Ortofon
m phoooeanrldge ($Ufl); Hitachi OA-Q03 tempad disc player {*600); Harman Harden TD5S2
cassette deck (S55Q): Onkyo Grand Integra T48Q7 tuner, P308 preamplifier and 200-watt-per>
channel M5C8 power amp £*1600 total). Cantor Is 26-in, monitor from Sharp System B6
component TV package ($27BD; rack and matching speakers not shown). From the lop right:
□ehlqufirt DQM-9 Compact loudspeakers fSttioo pair with stands); coniroller for Sharp
System 96, Harman Harden VGDMOG VCR ($800).

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Digital audio compact discs demand even higher fidelity
from the rest of the hi-fi chain. Here’s how the latest

amps, speakers and other components measure up.

Components for the digital spe
ara shown opposite. Topmost
Is Bang ft Otefsen'e Bootor 6
S500 cassette deck ($900).
Across the center Sana's
tlG-watt-per-channel AU-
G77X-H Inlegrated amplifier
l$fOQ| links upwttfi Decora's
massive DP-59L turntable
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C hange is always fast in the world of
electronics, but the last few years
have seen changes in audio compo-
nent design on an unprecedented
scale Indeed, today's hi-fi compo-
nents hardly even rcsemblo those of a me re
three years ago, both in outward appearance
and in capabilities, Thus breakneck pace can
be attributed to I wo key developments — the
appearance of the digital compact disc and
the interest in merging audio and video com-
ponents to create an integrated home enter-
tainment system.

Of course, not every recent technical ad-
vance in audio was spawned by these devel-
opments Engineers are constantly al work
trying to ad va nee E he state of Iheart It can be
argued that many of these improvements
would have occurred anyway Yet, its also
likely that they hit sooner lhan they might
otherwise have, hastened along by the de-
mands ol the new digital disc. Here is a look at
the most recent innovations.

Loudspeakers

A groat deal of attention in speaker design
lately has focused on three areas higher
power handling, faster response to sudden
peaks and belter imaging.

The first two have always been high priori-
ties on the speaker engineer's list of goals,
but they have assumed greater importance
with the advent of the CD. That's because the
CD, with its greater dynamic range (the differ-
ence between a program's softest and loud-
est passages}, will often draw more amplifier
power during momentary peaks than an LP
would This taxes a speaker’s ability 10 repro-
duce mu$ic without distorting it.

For this reason, you'll find many speaker
manufacturers touting liqurd-cooled tweeters

to keep tweeter voice coils from overheating
during peak passages The speaker "driv-
ers' 1 — either traditional cones or the more
recent flat, square panels — are made in-
creasingly Jrom new materials designed to
handle high power and react faster to pro-
gram peaks. To reproduce the CD's deep
bass, speaker manufacturers are building
thesr woofers with slronger magnets and
deeper-thrusting voice coils.

Stereo imaging— the ability to accurately
pinpoint the placement of the various instru-
ments — is also recei vsng a tot ol attention from
speaker designers lately. Effort is being fo-
cused particularly on maintaining a stable,
realistic image anywhere in the room rather
than requiring you to sit squarely between the
two speakers. Several modets are now avail-
able ihat daim to create a more realistic
sound stage through some ingenious de-
signs The MGC-1 and MGC-2 from Acoustic
Research, the three Sound-held models from
dbx, and others combine multidirectional
driver arrays with some signal processing
Flat-panel or enclosureless speakers, such

Also in the digttsa arvmal are Ailec-LansJrg's Modal
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Amplifiers

High-powered, low-distortion amplifiers
are not new. But with the coming of the
compact disc and the demands it
pieces On an amplifier, more of us can
benefit from an amp that can deliver a
lot of power cleanly

As with loudspeakers, it is the very
high momentary peak levels that a CD
can deliver that makes it desirable to
have an amplifier with enough reserve
power to handle those peaks. It's a 'ot
like a turbocharger in a car: When
you're cruising, the turbo unit fust
coasts, but when you need to acceler-
ate quickly, the turbo kicks in to provide
the extra power

In facl, that's exactly how many
newer amplifiers operate. Though
many carry moderate power ratings,
their circuitry is such (hat ihe amps can
deliver high momentary bursts of power
whenever the material demands it

Of course, all mai power has to be
delivered cleanly, so that no residual
amplifier noise is added to the CD
Signal. Consequently, work continues
On low'dislorfion circuitry Many com-
panies emphasize "signal purify" by
using separate power iranslormers for
the amp's different sections, compared
to more mundane designs that let a
single transformer do the job tor the
entire unit.

Receivers

T he same design in novations you'll find
m separate ampliiiers have been incor-
porated into ihe amplifier sections of
many receivers, and for Ihe same rea-
sons But beyond that receivers have
changed perhaps she mosE radically ot
all audio components in the past tew
years.

The prime reason is the availability of
high-quality sound from video sources,
such as Hi-Fi VCRs and television sets
capable of decoding stereo broad-
casts. These developments have ignit-
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video components to create an inte-
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speaker channels needed for theater-
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Tuners

Progress in tuners isn't nearly as dra-
matic as in other component catego-
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versal use of quart; synthesis
technology, today's tuners are rather
good, with most limilations in FM
sound -quality inhereni in (he FM broad-
casting system itsefl, A few companies
have done a belter fob of combating
multipath— the muddy sound caused
when more than one signal from lhe
same station arrives at your tuner after
bouncing off large buildings and other
structures.

Cassette decks

The compact disc hasn’t sparked any
new developments in cassette deck
technology, but il has given added
importance to those sound-enhancing
technologies already available in tape
recording

Norse reduction, for example, is more
important than ever when recording the
CD with its complete absence of back-
ground noise. Dolby C-type noise re-
duction, which offers twice the noise
reduction capacity of the original Dolby
system (Dolby B), is nearly universally
available, except in the lowest priced
decks. The dbx system, a more power-
tul noise reduction system man Dolby
MR, was once available on only a hand-
ful of decks, but is now relatively easy lo
find. 1 1 still, however, is not as universal
as Dolby C NR

Dolby H* Pro, a circuit that makes i|
possible to record high frequencies at
higher record levels and thus produce
better tapes, js rapidly gaining new
adherents several years after it was
developed fointly with Denmark’s Bang
& Olufsen. Improved head technology,
such as the oxygen-free copper wiring
used in Akai’s GX-6 deck (shown on
page 73), also makes for clearer re-
cording.

Wilh the advent of fluid-reverse dual-
transport decks, the cassette dock is
also better able to rival yet another
advantage of the CD player — long play-
ing time. With the ability 10 play bolh-
sides of a C-90 cassette in bolh direc-
tions, these decks can play for three
hours without repeating a selection,
Programmed to repeat, some can play
for 24 hours.

Turntables

Despite the popularity of CD players,
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sic, some refinements m the turntable
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One way to increase the lu notable's
dynamic range is to make it quieter.
Many new models in the £2D0-and-
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The latter is sometimes achieved with
nonresonanl chassis and tonearm ma-
terials.

Another sonic improvement In turnta-
bles is ihe cartridge ronearm itself.
Records do warp, leading lo sound
distortion . To prevent this, many recent
1 urn tables have bghMracking tonearms
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surfer keeps his balance in the cod.

To imitate the convenience of CDs,
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programmed to play selections in ihe
order you“d like. Some models, in fact,
boast iwo toneatms and cartridges to
play selections alternately from either
side ol the record

Compact disc players

Though originally claimed to Offer sonic
perfection ihe CD player has gone
through some improvements over its 4-
year lifespan

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disc players finds Shat an increasing
number opt lor The more complex cir-
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format's co- inventor This combination
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said lo offer more accurate frequency
response But one of Ihe most interest-
ing developments is Onkyo's use ol
liber optics, in pfaoe ol conventional
wire, to transmit digital date wiihin the
player Onkyo contends thal noise gen-
erated by a player's internal digital
processing can degrade the analog
sound output we hear. Accordingly, the
company deveFoped a system for trans-
muting ihe digital data over light
beams which don't generate or trans-
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player's digital and analog circuitry.

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The technology of television entered a peri-
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innovative leaps— color and transistoriza-
tion— established themselves in the i£60$.
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arrival of video cassette recorders in Ameri-
can households during this decade.

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must deliver alternative sources of entertain-
ment, Besides video cassette, these include
video disc, electronic games, computer
graphics, satellite- and cable-borne pro-
gramming. teletexl and videotex!.

As a result, TV technology has entered a
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Progress is evident on four fronts image size,
image qualify expanded capabilities and.
last but not least high-fidelity sound.

The most obvious changes you'll see in TV
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increasing size of screens in addition to the
familiar 1 3-, 15- 19- and 25- m color screens,
you’ll now find models wilh displays measur-
ing i A. 18, 20, 22, 26 in and larger. Ai this
writing, the largest television lube available
measures 35 m diagonally. Protection TVs
come even larger

Why would anyone wanl so large a display?
You can credit the availability of theatrical
programming on video disc and cassette.
Once si became possible to convert the living
room to a movie 1 heater ai will, it became

desirable io simulate the wide-screen experi-
ence of the movie house— and the some
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Today's larger cathode-ray tubes are the
result of advances in glassmaking and elec-
tron -gun technology Bettor gtessrnakmg
techniques enable manufacturers to build
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mote convex displays. Tins Harness yields
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other is a more viewable display The flatness
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dESpley when you're viewing <| From an otf-
eenier position

Though today's TV display is larger, the
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tew years ago.

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sparked the video revolution.

Since their ini rod ud ion in 1975,
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For the record ihe still-new 5mm
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It's technically possible to improve
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Your hi-fi system and loudspeakers
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™, but fftgW tMHp you clarify you Hwitiig and
express iE fntsre elTecLrvOly.

3. WHIe Share is no hnl tD the tenglh of yw
suggestion, please be to rhe port arid as bner as
poSsfela.

4 Al entries Cteeome the property ol Fopclab
M ecHA«cs and cams be rehjned.

5. Entries wl be Judged on ongnalTy, iria^ia
Eton, prneticahrty and usehJh&es.

0. PTirtmnftry judging wi be done by the EleC-
Ironies Dept, ftdrtorso* PoRJLAn Mecn*«£^- From
the intel SateCtohS, the fnal wnner wil be selecl-
ed by Ecftof-I^Cfitff Jda Oldham.

T. Tha deciaion nl she judges i* indl. No
corfespoftoeiw Of telephone cals regarding the

coritest wrt be acc^ed tx erterad rtp.

8. The #Kw wi feeeive a SangU Si^wr-
Compc hi-Ei system ynih a suggested retai vakte oi
$4000 Al taxes and drifter leas are tha r ttaparafci-
ity tftthe ™ief. Popular Mcchamcs wi shp ihe
system to she wnrw, prepaid, by edfnmon ceniar.

9. Mo cash payment wl be made h ptece ol the
prize.

10. The poritRsI is open to anyone residing hn
any ol the S0 United States excepE emplgyaes &
(he Haarsl Cap. and thek famites

1 1. Entries sfxruld be mated to SAhSU Super-
Ccmpo Ccntesl, Ft pula r Mecharics, PO Box
1409, New Kbrii, NY tQIOI.

1 £. EnSnes mLHt be pastmaried before imrjghl
Fab. IS, 1987, and f-eceivod by Feb. 32, 1M7,

13. The wrner wfl he notified by Apri t, 1987,
and may be asked to execute a quaifyng alfidawt.

14 Alter the WfTtef IS notified, Popular Mt-
CHAMCS wi provide the writer's I tertte to anyone
who wishes it and who senefc lts a stamped, seif-
adekeesed envelope wish the rarest.

15. Writer muss agree n wrihnig to Ns name and
photos being used in confunctian wilh ?Ns contest
and vis results ri a fulure issue of PqftaAH
MEOiAteOS and al media . ad verts sing and-'or
trade.

15 . Tha contest is void whpre prowled.

OFFICIAL POPULAR MECHANICS
SANSUI SUPER-COMPO ENTRY BLANK

Here Is my entry. I agree to abide by the above rules.
Signature:

Answer to Question I :

Answer to Question 2;

Name

Street Address

City State Zip

Telephone

Clip and maiJ to: Sansui Super-Compo Contest. Popufar Mechanics, PO
6o.x 1409, New York. NY 10 J01 . Entries must be postmarked before
midnight, Feb. 1$, 1987, and received by Feb. 22, 1987.

Call 1-800*533-5545 today and . . .

On ThesesNa-iyi e Brand Part s, Tools & Equipment! g

Don’t Be Without Power

Log Splitter Parts sales

$ 09.95

T 1 [Spin S Stag a Pump, #1012.

r 3 Gpm 2 Slngn Ptmp, ■ I 051 $1 1 3.95

1(1 Gpm J Slagn Pi*mp, *1056 SI 26.95

2 2 G pm 2 Si age Pu mo #101? $242.05

Standard 4 Way Coni mr Vilw, a 20 1 0 S46 . 50

Au lo D-Man E Vm ivm # 3030 S 50 . 95

4i£4z? 'WoidadCyl-- 4903424. SI 09.95
5iJ4 e 2‘ ' Tip Rod C y I . . ■ 909 524. $106,95

Much More m Stack el Low Discount Prices 1

SUPER TOUGH

Heavy Duty Log Splitters

SALE!
$789.00
$834.00
$1329.00

oc tronio

■*■» "I I I IW I 1 1 I

IflPal f or hom&-
owners 1 armors

contractors £
vacationers
l Vear Warranty

Continuous
Watt Rated'
Sturdy
Protective
Cradle!

24Tort.LnwPmSi!p #114?

* Come*wiih a -stage pumps, heavy duty slides
ft and large Dd tanks

Heat \VT
Magnet ‘

Cl.nq r . In any m^gnpli^
iron p-t steel suHac?
Provides heat id* pipes
pump* eng ine nit pan* A
rTiary olhnr ufefts Ship

wr t ib. s a*®.

Hern* 17101 $1 !

Generators

4000 Watt H Hf ftnggs. 1 amps ,■ V

^.nn’ v-io ,.■ ■ * i ..i smnpno 1 1 m ^ * 10402

SALE! $397.95

4000 WaM . w-'-n-Sfi. - Cl* Tt Ifir S 1 M .1 II nm I 1 6403

SALE! $485.00

5000 Wo tt I t Hp F^nggg. d? ;■ ■ ■:; i . i?\ - V .■ 1

ri mps '4r .nr)'- ! -V 51 174 00 llrim* 1B4D4

SALE! $599.00

5000 WeTt ■* h . ■ sl.u- . -.i 51. i linr.'- 1 6$Q5

$699.00

{1 Year Warranty or Above Generators]

Gas Engines
Always the Lowest Prices
And the Largest Selection!

J1 ”i_S

One
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Warranty!

Engines Jfj$

Horizontal ^ SALE!

5 Hfl . TkuiijhJi W sh^ H. a aosi 11 34.. 05

5 Hp Hrlgqa, *" abaft. *8052 *141 .95

SHp. Teeu moan. cast iron aieave.Gfllfcl .$1 92.95

fi H p. B riggi , 1 " sh all. 4 5030 . ■ $222 . 95

10- Hp Tatumteh, casl iron sieeMe 90 1 * *23-2-95
1 o Hp- Tatu ma*h , e let start. *601 Ol . . . $289- 9$
2*20 Hp. Hortron t«l A Vertical aftflinert awa-nab** *t
f # A £U PE * LOW CISCO U*JT PH It ES!

Heavy Duty Tarp Sale

Our Tarps are TOUGH! Up to 1 2 Mil
Thick, Mot 6 Mil Like So Many Other*

HR HEiT-lfl

11.000 flFu ma-nta P4; ■ronfi'anl
hpaioiiifxjtto W Adio viable 5 *j&
W1 6 IPS Li$lS87 9h

hen*- 1T36 $39.95

HR DOUBLE HEAT-ifl

two hyirnpr^ 6.000 la ?4 QQQ EHu
Ad run I Attic Ship Wl 14 *1= L nl
S167Q0 _ „ .

Hem* 1 717 $89.95

llsnli | not inEPifdedl

SPong not ru$l 4
mildew proof po'v
elbylan* Ea^as whb
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mes fevnry 3 11
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BARREL STOVE KITS

I Standard kit, iotwt cajc <rpn and will
■ convert any 55 £h j:j gallon banal d«um
inlo in eM>cl*n| and ecdnamcal wood
I burning heater f*.Sur£ft VALUE!

1 il 3016, WLS2lPi,L!tl 449 95.. $1 9-95

* DOUBLE BARBEL KIT, when used with
V abQ*e kil will convert ii inio b dfrublfl
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trapped and create greai^r eMictaocy as
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Call pur order dspL it 1 ^800-533^5545
in Mn call 61 2*894-031 0
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Phone Orders

Monday- Thursday BBm-S:3Dpm
Friday A Saturday 8 »m 1e 5. 00pm

We Ship UPS, Bus or Truck

Prices Expire
12/31/88

ACCEL 111 MALLORY

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electhic fans

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BRAKE SHOES

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CAHTEH
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BOOKS

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DOMESTIC TRUCKS
ETC

ON SALE SAVf OVEfl 50%

HOME REBUILDER
SPECIALS

TOP NAME BRANDS
AT WHOLESALE PRICES

WHY ARE P.A.W. PRICES LOWER?
WE BUY DIRECT, WE SELL DIRECT
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STOCK & HIGH PERFORMANCE PARTS FOR THE SHOP & HOME REBUILDER

ON SALE ■fOTTWWM ON SALE q N SALE

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via cab^s — usually made ol copper
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should do and how often. But as your
doctor might tell you. common sense is
the overriding rufe

• Vinyl records require cleaning each
time you take them oul ol their dust
jackets to play them. That's because
paper jackets generate more dust than
they keep oul (synthetic "rice paper"
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its sleeve generates static eiocthcily.
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needles, the many devices available to
clean them should be used whenever
you see an accumulation of debris.
Samebmes, though, the dirt isn't obvi-
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clean the needle when you start out to
use the turn! able

■ Audio and videocassette players
don’t need cleaning as often as records
do. Over time, though, the heads that
read the tape, and the capstans and
roller lhal transport it, do accumulate
residues left behind by (he tape itself
To remove Ihisjunk, you II find cleaning
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As for demagnetizing those heads, it
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The heads used in older audio decks
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dark rain cloud. As ears circle the track
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Well off the main road, with tail com
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this timeless American backdrop. We
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Day 9 — Columbus
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Today we hit the East Coast, just south
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horizon. The hotel parking lot looks like

the pita at a NASCAR race. The top
three finishers for the day are all first-
time winners. The amateurs are get-
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optimism of getting a shot at the
$100,000 final-day prize.

Day 10 — Alexandria
to Wilkes Bar re

Our first stop out of Alexandria is the
Ellipse in front of the White House,
where the cars stand on display on the
Fourth of July, just a few feet from a
monument commemorating the first
transcontinental motor trip on the Lin-
coln Highway.

From the shadow of the White
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famed Civil War area of Gettysburg,
along Highway 85.

More than 10 miles out of Wilkes-
Barre, hundred* of people jam over-
passes, TV news crews drop in behind
us anti a helicopter circles overhead,
beaming Jive coverage of our entry into
towm as our car cornea fcl homc. r

Soon thousands* line the roadside. At
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press coverage has stimulated the best
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Day 11— Wilkes-Barre
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It r s only a couple of hundred miles, but
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goes almost unnoticed in this city, but it
meant a lot to us. We had finally ar-
rived, and finished 27th out of 85 start-
ers that day.

Ron Hayslett and Dave Teeter of
White Sands. New Mexico, won the
1100,000 in a 1&30 Packard. The PM
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the joy of finding thousands of old
Wends of the magazine and making
plenty of new ones as we crossed this
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to form the completed molding.

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Cut triangular-shaped splines to fit

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RADIAL -ARM SAW METHODS

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lines on table to ensure evenly spaced cuts.

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HCKNE55

To Ml-edge-Jolnt a board's edge, the fence
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Offset must equal the amount of stock re-
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the Fence before and after the cut Is made.

Surface-plane lumber with saw In rip mode.
Install planer Jointer knives and make shal-
low cuts ■ Advance motor after each pass.

Use this 2 -part jig to edge-shape circular
workpieces. Triangular parts are nailed to
strips that are clamped In fence channel.

1 14

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER I9B6

How To Install

TRIM WORK

installing trimwork— which these
■ days means basically installing cas-
H ing, baseboard, shoe molding and
ceiling molding — is not very difficult,
though it can be time-consurmng. In
this respect, it’s very much like taping
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they represent the bulk of what is seen
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living space, knowing the ins and outs

POPULAR MECHANICS • DECEMBER 1996

BY PAUL BARRETT
Illustrations by George Re [seek

of this finish trade will be in valuable.

You can trim a room with a small
selection of hand too Is — basically a
hammer, naiEset, coping saw, block
plane and a few sharp chisels. You also
need a miterbox. Both the old-style,
hand-powered boxes and the new’ elec-
tric tools are generally available at tool
rental shops.

Depending on your local supplier,
baseboards, casing and ceiling or crown
moldings come in different sizes and

shapes. But the ranch (clamshell type)
and the colonial style are by far the
most common. We used the colonial
variety on this job. Both types are
available in dear stock 1 if you plan to
stain or cover with a clear finish, and in
flnger-joihted sections h if you paint.

There are no hard-and-fast rules
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room, except at the point where the
baseboard abuts a door casing. Obvi-
ously, the casing must be nailed in place
first, iNote-' Because trimming a win-
dow is more involved than a door, we
chose the window as the basis of our
illustrations. But the techniques for

ITS

f Using a square, check to see If the Jambs
are flush with the wall surface If not,
measure the difference with a ruler.

2 If jamfid are recessed from the wall
surface, glue and naif extension Jambs En
peace if jamtu project, plane them flash.

1 Clii the stoor to length and mark its
centerline. Then,, mark center of window
sill. Hold stool against sill and align marks.

beyond each side casing. Cut the stool head jamb with the short point of the
to this length. Next, mark the edge of mitered tut on your reveal mark. Then,
the stool at centerline of its length, mark the other end of the head piece at
Also, mark a centerline on the sill its reveal mark. This establishes the
between the jambs. Hold the stool short point of the second miter, Care-
against the sill, with these marks
aligned p and then mark the location of
the inside edge of both jambs.

Make sure the lower sa&h of the
window ta eluded* then measure the
distance from the stool to the sash. This
determines how deep the notch should
be on both ends. {Jut the notches by
hand, keeping the saw blade to the
waste side of the line. Next, trace the
profile on the front edge of the stool, to
both ends. Cut the ends to this, shape
with a Coping saw. Sand smooth, and
toenail the stool into sill and jambs.

Casing

Using a miterbox set to 45°, cut one end
of the head casing so that the long point * Using a mSterbox, cut a closed miter on
of the angle is at the thickest part of the b4rth ef1ds D * Ihe 1111 fl P rtani Hold the board
material. Hold the piece against the nrmJ * ™ Wn 9 trw a,t -

casi?ig the window are, in every way,
identical to casing a door.)

Begin by checking the relationship
between the outside edge of all window
and door jambs with the wall surfaces
next to them. Use a square and ruler as
shown in drawing No. I. If the jamb k
within '/ 1C in. in either direction r it’a
fine; the trim will be able to lay flat
against both surfaces. If it projects
more, plane the jamb flush. If the jamb
is recessed, rip a thin wood shim. Them
glue and nail it onto the jamb so its
flush with the wall. These shims are
called extension jambs.

Doors amt windows

Once the jamb is flush with the wali
around it, mark the reveal; that is, the
part of the jamb that will remain uncov-
ered by the casing. Measure from the
inside face of each jamb across the edge
and make a mark at the 3 / lfl -in. point. Do
this at the bottom and top of both side
jambs, and at both ends of the top or
head jamb. These marks define the
position of the inside edges of all casing
boards. This reveal is basically cosmet-
ic. But it does allow you tu adjust your
casing boards slightly if you cut a miter
a little too Jong or too short.

The next step is to measure for the
window stool. The stool is the piece
which fits over the window &ill r extend-
ing beyond the casing on either side of
the window. Window stool is available
at lumbery^dSn preshaped to fit over
the traditional downward-sloping sill.
It must, however, be notched to fit
between the jambs or it won't slide into
place. To fit the stool, first measure the
distance between the window jambs.
Then, add twice the reveal, plus twice
the casing width, plus 2V* in. Your goal
is to have the stool extend 1 ] /j in.

f Nall the finished apron under the sIM.
Note that ends of apron should align with
outside edge of both side casing boards.

IQ Inside corners on baseboards must be
coped. FErsi. Cut Oped miter on end, then
back -cut profile slightly with coping saw.

1 16

POPULAR MECHANICS • DECEMBER im

§ Cut side casing and apply glue to miter,
First, nail casing to Jamb, then nail miter
together with a 4d finishing nail.

4 Mark stool — al both
tide edge of jamb falls. Remove stool and
cut the notches with a backsaw-

head jamb using 4d finishing nails.

ftitly make the cut, keeping the saw
blade to the waste side-. Align the head
pfeee between the reveal marks, then
nail it to the jamb using 4d finish nails.
The short points of the miters should be

4 Cut matching closed
miters bn small Sections of casing. Glue

and nail to apron ends. Cut ends flush.

1 1 Hall square-cut tmwbuard In place
first, then, test-fit coped cut. If necessary,
refine profile cut with sandpaper and r«p.

s / ls in, above t he inside edge of the head
jamb, so that the reveal is uniform on
the sides and top.

Nest, measure from the stool to the
top of the head casing at both ends. Cut
and miter the respective side casings.
Apply glue to both members of each
miter joint, then nail the aides to the
jambs with dd finishing nails. Also,
drive a nail through each miter as
show r n in drawing No. 6. then nail the
easing boards to the wall surface with
Gd finishing nails. These should be posi-
tioned about *4 in. in from the outside
edge of the boards so you'll be sure to
hit the jack studs within the wall.

Now measure for the apron, which is
the trim piece that runs underneath t he
stooL Generally, its length matches the
measurement between the outside
edges of both side casings. Cut a piece
of casing to this length, with a closed
miter on both ends. (A closed miter
means that the angle is cut so the face is
longer than the back. An open miter is

12 Outside cornera require dcued miter
on both baseboards, FI wall corner 1$
square cut at 45°. If not, bisect angle.

cut so the back is longer than the face,)
Next, cut a dosed miter on two small
scraps of casing- Glue and nail one on
each end of the apron. When the glue is
dry r carefully cut the ends flush with
the back of the apron, as shown in
drawing No. 8. Nail the apron into wall
studs using Gd finishing nails.

Baseboards

Once you've finished the windows and
doors, turn your attention to the base-
board. locate the wall studs and lightly
marking their positions on the floor or
wall. If the drywall is up off the floor
more than an inch, fill in the gaps with
strips nailed to the floor plate, (These
don't have to fit perfectly; you just need
some solid backing for the baseboard,)
. There are four basic cuts involved in
applying baseboard, The first is a
square cut. This ia used on ends that
abut a door casing or other trim board
that extends to the floor. The second is
a closed miter that is cut on end* of both
boards that meet at an outside comer,
(See drawings No, 12 and 13.)

The third is an open miter. It's used
along with a dosed miter when you
need to splice two boards together in
the middle of a wall. And the fourth is a
coped open miter that fits over a mating
baseboard on one side of an inside
comer. (See drawing No, 11,)

The straight cuts should be made
with your miterbox set at 9G n . Any
hoard that has a straight cut on both
ends can be nailed to the wall immedi'
ately, Use 6d finishing nails driven into
the studs along the top of the baseboard
and into the plate along the bottom.

The open and closed mitercuts 1 that
form a splice, arc cut with the mitvrbox
set at 45Ts Always cut the open miter on
the first board you nail to the Wall,

POPULAR MECHANICS ■ DECEMBER F9H6

1 1 1

1 1 GhM mitftr? together and nail wUh #0
finishing rvam, Stunt tipi of nallt before
driving to prevent splitting wood.

Then, cut the closed miter, apply glue
to the splice joint and nail the board
onto the wall. When the glue dries, you
can sand the joint smooth.

When making the matching closed
miters for an outside comer,, keep in
mind that very few house wails meet at
a precise 90 n angle. For this reason, it's
wise to check each comer with a sliding
T-bevel square and protractor. Just
place the square around the corner^
lock It in place, then read the angle
against a protractor. Bisect this angle,
that is, divide it by two. The resulting
number is the angle that should be cut
on both boards. Nail the boards to the
wall, being sure to glue the joint.

The coped miter is used on one board
of an inside comer, it requires two
cuts: First, make a 45* open miter.
Then, cope the end, following the pro-
file of the mitered cut where it meets
the face of the board. You should under
cut, or back cut, the cope slightly so the
front edge of the board is longer than

15 Outside comer on celling mofdln-g re-
quire! closed miters . Keep In mind that top
of molding it held away from saw fence.

118

1 1 Join ouultfe comer? with glue and *d
finishing nails. Nall as do se to comer as
possible, but avoJd nallloq through miter.

15 To establish a straight line For celling
molding scribe bottom edge of scrap
molding at wall ends. Snap chalk Une.

ing bridges the comer between the wall
and ceiling at a 45° angle. Begin by
cutting a scrap of ceiling molding ap-
proximately 5 in, in length. Hold the
scrap against the ceiling in one comer
of the mom and lightly mark the wall
below St. Do the same thing at the other
end of the wall. Then, chalk a very light
blue line between these points. Check
to make sure the scrap block will fit
bee ween the line at every point on the
wall. If it is too tight in some places,
snap a new line lower than the first.
The molding is difficult to nail in place
without it moving up or down. The line
provides accurate reference.

Keep the bottom edge of your mold-
ing on the line, then nail it into the
studs. As with the baseboard and the
shoe molding, miter the outside comers
and cope the inside comers. But, keep
in mind, when you cut the ceiling mold-
ing, you must hold the lower edge
firmly against the fence because the top
edge does not bear on the fence. The
installation techniques are the same as
the baseboard and shoe moldings.

The material used to fill nail holes
and small gaps in joints depends on the
finish you use. For instance, work that
is to be stained is much less forgiving
than paint grade work- Any glue on the
surface will show up as light blotches
after the wood is stained. The same is
for many wood fillers, unless the
filler comes colored to match various
stains. Paint grade work is much more
forgiving since any fillers will be com-
pletely covered. Fainting also allows
you to caulk areas where the trim is not
flush to the wall nr ceiling. No matter
which way you finish the trim, set ah
nail heads, apply some kind of filler* anti
Lightly sand any blemishes with 220-
grit sandpaper, IK

1# 5/11* maiding U CUI juit like base-
boards. However, It Is usually nailed In
place after the floor covering Is Installed.

the back. This allows a small amount of
stock i hat can be easily filed or sanded
to make the joint fit tightly. Tost your
cut against the baseboard that is al-
ready in place r then nail to the wall.

If you plan to add a shoe molding over
the baseboard, cut and fit it now, even
though you may not install it yet. All
the cuts anci installation techniques for
shoe molding are the same as for base-
hoards. Whenever possible, plan your
installation sequence so you have only
one mitered or coped cut on each board.
By doing so P you can assist the cut so
that it fits perfectly before you cut the
entire board to length.

Celling molding

Ceiling molding went out of fashion
somewhat in the past 30 or 40 years.
Rut it's not much harder to install than
baseboard, and it can add something
special to any room. It does have on?
complication ; instead of laying flat
against the wall surface, ceiling mnld-

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■ selling Ford Taurus station wagon
and the good-looking Oldsmobile Delta
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We really wanted to like the Oldsmobile
Delta 88, In fact, we do like the Olds
Delta 88. Now. But for a while, it was
touch and go.

This Oldsmobile Delta 88 has a tough
act to follow. It's Oldsmobile's version of
the H-ear, the ear designed to replace
the old B-cars at General Motors. Only
one B-car— the Chevrolet Caprice — is
still being built. Meanwhile, Buick has
replaced its old B-car LeSabre with a
new Hn:ar version and Pontiac's new

'HI Bonneville is their version of the
new H-car. And of course, the subject
of this report is the H-car replacement
for the old B-car Delta 88 Roy ale. The
thing is, the B-cars are one of the best
families of cars General Motors has
ever built. It has proven to be one of the
most popular and troublefrec designs
ever out of GM + And we liked the B-
cars a lot here at PM, even picking the
Chevy Caprice as one of our 10 best
care last year.

So we decided right away that w r e
wanted to try an H-car to see if it could
live up to the fine reputation of the car
it was replacing.

We selected the Olds 88 Coupe for
the reason most buyers debit's one of
GM' s best-looking Front -drive cars with
its semifastback styling instead of the
formal roofline found on everything
from Grand Ams to Eidorados. Didsmo-
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of options. Borne of them were power
windows, power door locks, Touring
Car ride and handling package, a Tig-
hter V6 engine, and a midrange .sound
system. Most things are standard on
thss car— power steering, power disc
brakes, automatic transmission, air
conditioning and more.

Our test car was a Brougham model,
which means a Mgh-glita interior. Some
of our staff hate the velotir cushions
sewn on the bench seats and others
think the seats arc comfortable for a
family sedan, A power seat could be
adjusted for height and rake as well as
forward and backward.

When we first received the Delta 88
from Gldsmobile, we put it in our test
fleet and started driving it. The 3.8-
liter V6 has multiport fuel injection and
just about every other kind of electron-
ic computerized device to help it make
150 hp at 4400 rpm. The engine was
very responsive anti the car felt strong
nut on the highway and around town, as
we commuted t.n work in it. In addition,
the special optional: suspension gave the
car a firm, stable feel that made driving
it a real pleasure.

Unfortunately, the pleasure only
lasted for three days. On the way home
one night r the engine suddenly lost
power. We didn't know 8 it at the the
time, but the engine computer had
sensed a problem and gone into 'iimp
iiT mode. This is a limited power state
where the engine is stressed as little as
possible while still allowing you to limp
home. That's what we did, making it to
our driveway just before the engine
died completely.

The next morning, the car had not
healed itself so we called the local guy
that Oldsmobile uses to wash their cars
and jockey them around. He came out
and hauled the car away. After an
initial inspection, he declared that we
had ‘Totally abused 1 " the car and caused
the engine failure. Who, us? This was
ridiculous, as we had only driven the
car to and from work three times.

Subsequently, the engine was found
to have scarred cylinder walls and
Rei?jed bearings. The direct cause, how-
ever, is a little obscure, but there is
some evidence that a number of early
'■B6 cylinder blocks were not machined
properly on the assemhly line, accord-
ing to GM service bulletins.

In any case, the dealer who replaced
the engine apparently didn't do a very
good job of tightening everything down
because we experienced an electrical
breakdown when we got the car back.
The electrical problem was finally
traced and fixed by Parkway Oldsmo-
bile in Key port. New Jersey (thanks,
Victoria, the service manager).

12?

After all this early hassle, with three
months down time, the car has been
performing admirably, delivering 20 to
2bmpg on the highway and 16 to 16 mpg
around town, which is excellent for a
ear th is big— it's a full 6-passenger
vehicle, so long as the center one up
front is a kid.

This is a family sedan that isn't slop™
py around a Lurn or floating down the
road on the brink of control. The special
suspension prevents that, and the hig
Goodyear Eagle GT tires on alloy
wheels deliver a level of handling and
stability that some sports car* only
dream about.

We've driven the Olds Delta 88 sev-
eral thousand miles now, and there's
nothing more to report at this point.
We'll keep you posted.—/ O.

Ford Taurus LX

Our Taurus wagon has been relatively
trouble fbee^ despite receiving much
more abuse than the Oldsmobile. It
came straight from a comparison test
(&ec Wonder Wagons^ page 58) to our
long-term fleet Trick testing is really
abusive, and in our 60 mph brake teats
one of the Ford's discs warped to the
point where it made the steering wheel
shimmy under light braking.

The car also spun off the slalom track
(thanks in part to its slippery General
all-season tires') and tagged a guard
rail. There was only slight cosmetic
damage at the rear corner, but the
suspension groaned and the hatch
creaked after that. Neither of these
problems was the car's fault* and we
elected noL to fix them immediately in
order to keep the car on the road.

Compared Lo the old-fashioned, ill-
handling station wagons of just a few
years ago, the Taurus is a revelation.

Its handling is steady and secure,
even with the base suspension., Its digi-
tal dash is one of the best, easiest-to-
read digital setups we J ve ever encoun-
tered, All of the knobs and controls are
easy to find and use, making driving a
natural act, not a series of distractions.

Performance from the M0-hp, 3-liter
Vh engine and 4-speed automatic is
strong for a family wagon, although the
engine can occasionally he heard roar-
ing away behind the sound insulation.
Our major disappointment was the er-
ratic performance of the cruise control
When you tap the resume button at
low speeds, acceleration is snail-like
until about 50 mph, then the transmis-
sion shifts down two gears* the comput-
er floors the gas, and you take off like
the afterburners have cut in, -Smooth,
consistent acceleration would be safer
and more pleasant.

The power driver's seat looks and
feels as comfortable as an easy chair.
But one Lester's wife complained that
the manual passenger seat cut off circu-

PGPUlAfi MECHANICS ■ DECJiMBLF? 1986

iatinn in her leg** problem sh^'d found
in ihe Merkur, too). When she drove,
she was fine. A powered passenger
seal, or at least a cushion angle adju&U
ment h might avoid that problem.

The radical aerodynamic styling
makes this wagon so quiet at highway
speeds that you're often going faster
than you thought and using more gas.
We averaged B3 to 25mpg in a combina-
tion of daily commuting and weekend
trips, with a high of 29 mpg and a low of
18. The trip computer, though, was
often more than 2 mpg off the amount.
w r e calculated at the pump.

Everyone, especially the kids, bved
the flexibility of the cargo bin! with its
h idden compart ments, flip-up rear seal
and picnic tray. The Taurus wagon
starts at *n ,304, but the tag on uilr
fully loaded LX model was
Somewhere between those two ex-
tremes is the perfect family car.— W. H,

Mazda B2000

Wi|h more than 8000 miles on the
odometer, our extended-cab Mazda
hums right along, A minority of those
miles have included a r&ee car in tow T
and while the 2-liter Four needs first
gear to tow* 3500 pounds up a steep htli
it eventually gets there. Only a couple
of times have I wished for more po wer.

Minus the trailer, the 82000 hay
more than enough punch for normal
driving. Highway cruising at 75 to 80
mph is quiet and comfortable, and
yield y over 20 mpg, At the speed limit,
fuel economy approaches 30 mpg, So
far, not one thing has broken, rattled or
fallen off. and this truck has needed no
service of any kind. One quart of oil is
all it s s asked for.

Aa you can see from the photo on
page 120, Slingerland'y Honey of West-
town. New York, fitted a terrific cap
that's a great improvement over the
one we first borrowed. T\m new cap is
of beautifully made fiberglass, color^
matched to the Mazda, and was made
by .Juracrs of Milton, Pennsylvania. It
also has screened sliding windows, inte-
rior lights and fully finished interior.
Even at $600, it's a great deal.

So far, there's only one complaint we
have with the B200Q. The rear step
bumper supplied by Mazda is crafted of
thin sheet ?teel fc and we p ve damaged
two of them in normal use. Otherwise*
our long-term 82000 has been just
about perfect.— ft.T.

Subaru 3 -Door Turbo

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our Subaru 13-Door as delivered. I re-
placed the stock Bridgestones w clh a
set of Qoodyear T E new Eagle GT+ 4 all-
season radials, size F185/7GHR13.
These have a high-performance tread
pattern, but deep grooves that wrap

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around intu the sidewall for snow trac-
tion. The tread compound is formulated
for wet-weafcfoer traction.

The Goodyears improve the Subaru 's
performance in every way. Cornering
and straightline tracking are both more

A new set of Eagre GT H alMewon tires
made a big dlffererKe oo f^e Subarij.

stable, torqne-ateer is retiuceii, wet
adhesion is dramatically better— even
the ride is softer and more comfortable.

In more than 5000 milea of driving,
the Turbo has now averaged just under
20 mpg n used no oil and required nut a
penny's worth of attention. With the
rear seat folded down, 8-ft. 2x4s will fit
between the dash and Lhe rear hatch.
For everyday fetching and hauling* the
Subaru is functional* reliable and eco-
nomical- And sometimes, just knowing
you have 4wd available is worth any
tradeout in ride and handling.— /t.T.

Jeep Comanche

When we returned out Jeep Comanche
to AMC it had 1G5O0 miles on the dock
and was beginning to show Sts age. The
engine was. starting to hesitate on accel-
eration, and it had developed a bizarre
water leak that could deposit up to an
inch of w r ater in the driver's footwell
when the truck was parted indoors!
This was attributed to some sort- of
algae growth inside the air-condition-
ing evaporatnr that was blocking Lhe
drain hose, and also causing an over-
powering musty smell.

AMC] has already replaced the ane-
mic GM Vfi on our p fM> truck with their
own 170-hp straight Six 1 so the engine
problem should not apply to N B7 models.
The a/c glitch w r as only one worrisome
sign of poor quality control at the Tole-
do Jeep plant. Although we had or-
dered a tachometer and trailer-towing
package, our Comanche W ! as delivered
without them. It did have the Selec-
Trac 4wd option, although the ehmme
letters on the tailgate identified it as
Command-Trae. We enjoyed our Co-
manche a lot, and Jeep is AMC s only
profitable division. Rut if the folks
there don't start paying attention to
details, they may alienate even long-
time Jeep fans, which would be a real
pity.— If,

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POPULAR MECHANICS • DECEMBER 1996

Future Rocket Will Make 'Local' Stops

C urrent space vehicles,
including the Space
Shuttle, are designed tn take
satellites, to a specified orbit.
Hut the Air Force has
awarded to Hughes Aircraft
Co. it contract to design and
build an expendable launch
vehicle that debits satel-
lites nl different orbits on
the same flight.

The Jarvis Medium
Launch Vehicle (ML V) could

carry six satellites to orbits
ranging from low-earth to
geostationary. The MLV is
named for Hughes engineer
Gregory B. Jarvis, who was
killed in tret January's Cfail-
tettger explosion.

Working with Boeing
Aerospace, Hughes plant, to
design the system around
the Saturn Ixa raster, the same
powerplant used by the
Apollo moon launch project.

Some elements of t he rocket-
ry used in the Space Shuttle
may find their way into the
Jarvis system.

As envisioned by Hughes,
the ticket will stand more
than 20 stones tall with a
payload bay fi ft. wider than
a 747 Jumbo Jet passenger
compartment. Tlie rose*
cone section will have its
own propulsion system aigt
will open like flower petals.

PM s conception of the Jarvis
rocket shown powered nose
com releasing payloads at dif-
ferent orbits along flight path

mechanically casting off fiat-
ell Etc* as it passes through
different orhits. The Jarvis
MLV should be ready for
tluty in the 1990s.

Editor Dltuhi fo.fcv

MicJiael f«llqn R.c J ijrd
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POPUL^fi MECHANICS * DECEMBER IW FMluuSUwr**! h- . u*i Eitis

125

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SPECIAL REPORT

Star Trek IV
a splash lift

“St ar Trek IV TI is expected
to bo the leading box office
bit for December and early
January, More than S2f) mil-
lion was spent on the produc-
tion, in which George Lucas
assisted with special effects.
But no effect can be more
special than the scene in
which a Klingon starship
crashes into San Francisco
Bay in the year 1D06,

To film the scene, produc-
tion designer Jack (xjIIlh
(also of "Splash” and "Co-
coon") used a large water
tank within a water tank on
the Paramount back lot- His
crew constructed a full-scale
Klingon ship of wood and
metal plating with some res-
ins used for the part of the
Vessel that was not sub-

Enterprlse c rew departs
downed Kllngon starship.

merged. In the middle of the
l2,OUO-sq.-Jt. main water
tank was an B000-sq,-ft. sec-
ondary lank where underwa-
ter sequences wore filmed .

The Klingon ship was set
atop a huge, movable steel
platform that allowed the
crew to get different camera
angles. Special lighting ef-
fects and a set of large hy-
draulic rams helped create
the illusion of choppy wa-
ters. Crews continuously
sprayed down the set to add
to the excitement.

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Fighting fires
with simulator

The word fireplace is taking
on new meaning with the
advent of the Advanced
Technical Systems (ATS)
fire-simulator. Already ill
use in six stales, the simula-
tor creates several classes of
fire emergency in prepared
stations that art known as
"fireplaces," A controller
.stationed in a remote area
runs a high-speed computer
that creates smoky fires.

chemical infernos and other
specific firefighting assign-
ments. Sensors and monitors
at ear hi station room'd how
the trainees approach the
fire, how they evaluate it.

and how quickly they put it
out. Keenan ns range fmm a
smoke- filled building to a

h ii i m behind a sled

More than 2b fire depart-
ments may use ATS in lftfiT,

At Yankee Stadium in
New York, a crew of five

technicians man the big

board these* days to show
fans instant replays and pro-
vide updated game informa-
tion. A MM 1^4 Jot character
generator ami a series of
persona! computers help co-
ordinate dasens of cameras
and the big screen at tile
Home of Champions in
Bronx, New York.

Runs, hits,
chips and bits

The scoreboard* in profes-
sional sports have become
very high-tech, with such
features as split-screen dia-
mond vision video and com-
puter animation on hand. A
dozen inset video screens
can be* displayed at once.

ENGINEERING

1?6

POPULAR MECHANICS * DECEMBER I ?86

Tank within 3 ti mitf

(left) WdS LJfJL’d fDt lilt

splashdown scene In
£tar Trek IV. Cftw
sprays the set [below)
as cameras roll Tor the
escape from Ehff staffs Ip

AEROSPACE

New repair
for Shuttle

When the Space Shuttle re-
turn# tsj service in 11*88, it
will nut be placing civilian
satellites in orbit, but will
launch military satellites and
repair them. Thus, NASA
and Lockheed have 1 begun
working up a new in -orbit
report system called SAMS,
fur Space Assembly, Mainte-
nance anil ttenbrilig. The
program! will be in |wo
phases: the firs! U\ end in
tSW> wit h t lie deployment f>f
a new repair rig ihni cap-
tures and anchors satellites
for repair (right). Thu sec-

X-29 gets an
TV in tests

NASA officials have given
l he X-2B Forward Swept
Wing ( KKW I jet high marks
fur performance halfway
through its 2-year testing

und phase ends in 2U1II. with
the deployment of a repair
rig for robotic servicing uf
orbiting devices, probably
on an upgraded Shut tit-.

prognum Test pilots have
become so confident in the
plane that they flew four
missions in one day, a record
fur ex penmen ud a i rer aft .
The X-29\s sl^mtI iff mg capa-
bilities make it a vision of
future jet fighters.

nmrkably quiet ^-passenger
plane flew for 2 hours, 40
minutes, then landed perfect-
ly i jl a 24- knot tfusfflvind. It's
powered by two FYall £
Whitney engines that use ft*
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Lhev start descend-
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Shake, rattle,
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in the ground

Most experts believe that
fallout shelters would be a
waste of money in a real
nuclear attack. But
the Sun lock Co. of Ja-
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a new fallout shelter
design that could dou-
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living structure in ar-
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ite lining provides comfort-
able living space for 11.
Blastprthof doors sea] the
tube ends, but can he re-
moved to arid on norm? mod-
ules. US

personnel carrier. An elevat-
ing mechanism positions the
launcher platform down into
the tank to an automatic
loading system. The vehicle
carries 12 TOW rounds.
Should it become disabled,
the TOW component* can bo
removed and used in a
ground* mounted mode An
MGO machine gun can he
mounted in tandem with the
TOW. The vehicle weighs
26,000 pounds fully loaded.

signed just for that purpotiG*
The gimbalk-d unit holds a
simulated missile 4 ft, off the
ground, twisting, turning
and shaking the object kf it
would travel in actual flight,
The tests already insulted in
adjustments to the Trident
I Is guidance systems.

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You ewi see reminders of the Foraebe 91 1 In
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D rive a Porsche 959 around Nur-
hnrgring , s 2,8-mile road course
for 30 minutes and you loam a
few things. The 959 just might be the
world's fastest f most powerful sports
car. But at legal speeds* its as docile as
a kitten. Even at 145 mph* handling is
as civilized as that of your Family car on
a winding Interstate.

Porsche claim? 450 hp from the 2.8-
liter twin-turbocharged, 6-cylinder en-
gine. IF? the same basic engine that'? in
the 911 sports coupe, fitted with four
cams, four valves per cylinder and twin
interceded turbos.

Performance is awesome. The Nur-
burgring is nut the best layout for
careful testing because of its short
straight and its hilly, curved character.
But still, I drove the car comfortably at
just under 150 mph. And that was
without using lop gear— sixth. The
Stuttgart factory claims a top speed of
190 mph and 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds.

J found the handling belter than any
01 her Porsche. Take the rear-engined
959 into a curve at speed and trump on
the throttle. The result, thanks to a
new 4- wheel-drive system* is no rear-
end swing or other change in body
attitude. The car pulls out of a curve

We test the state-of-
the-art 4-wheeJ-diive
Porsche 959 r and the
new 32-valve 928S 4
on Germany's roads
and top racetrack.

under power with the stability of a
front-drive car.

Comfort features for the driver and
front-seat passenger aie simitar to
those of a regular street coupe. The
engine is quiet and smooth-running.
The clutch, unlike those of some mus-
clecars* is soft., and provides an accu-
rate feel of the driveline. The shifter is
quick and take? no more effort to oper-
ate than the one on your family sedan.

Porsche plan? to build only 250 959s
and all of them are already sold. Only a
handful will be shipped to the United
States, and those will be used strictly
for racing. Price is $190,000.

Since our first look at the 959 (/m-
purts, page 14* May ’86), Porsche
Chairman Peter Shuts says that the
cost of adapting the 959 to Lf.S. safety
and emission standards is too great to
justify the effort. Shuts points out that
technical innovations on I he 959 will
soon show up on the regular spurts cars
in the tine. The list of new features is
impressive, and includes:

■ Automatic 4-wheel drive with a
unique variable torque split to distrib-
ute power between the front and near
wheels as needed;

■ Seventeen-inch tires with a low -air-
pressure warning system;

• Six-speed gearbox;

■ Twin turbos;

Flal-4 engine wfth twin turtra and Jrrter-
cooJers pumps Out 450 Op from 2.-8 liters.

■ Water-cooled cylinder heads;

■ Hydropneumatic height coni ml for
the chassis;

■ Speed -responsive shock absorbers;

■ Anti lock braking system (already
on the 92SS 4).

Four-wheel drive is different in the
959. Four different programs for
torque distribution between front and
rear wheels can be selected by the
driver using switches on the dashboard:
one for full traction, another for toe and
snow, one for wet roads, and one for
dry conditions. For example, at steady
speed on a dry road, the rear axle gets
60 percent of the torque, the front axle
4iJ percent. Bui during acceleration,
when the rear tires have more bite, the
rear axle gets 80 percent* the front 20.
In hard turns, when some tires may
lose traction, torque Is diverted to tires
with the greater traction,. The car ex-
hibits uncanny grip at all times.

All -in-all. it's an incredibly expensive
proof of concept, and still derived from
the- rear-engined, air-cooled 911 chassis
layout . — Jim Dunne

Porsche 928S 4

U nl ike the 95&, produ ction of the flfiSS 4
isn't restricted to a few hundred exotic
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examples, and even better, it's avail-
able in the U.S. Porsche la making the
same am ug-contrulled , taUly t ic-con-
vertered engine available in Europe
anil here. Aside from simplifying en-
gine development, this also cuts off any
gray-market operators aL the knees.
Why spend 10 or 15 grand to federalize
a Euro-spec car when it's already avail-
able at the dealer?

The iJ2HS 4 sports a fs- liter, sleeveless
aluminum-alloy 4- valve engine rated at
316 hp, antiloek braking, and revised
aerodynamics that lower the from
last year's 0.39 to an impressive 0.34.
How fast is it? Porsche claims 0 to 60
times of 5.7 seconds for the i>speed and
6.3 for the automatic versions. (Cor-
vette dogs it in 5.8, > I had no oppurtli ni-

si rohgly from just above idle in any
gear, and the Mercedes-built automatic
transmission is calibrated not to down-
shift unless you’re really serious about
going faster. The midrange torque to
achieve this comes from two sources;
the 4- valve heads introduced last year,
and a unique butterfly valve in the
intake manifold.

The tremendous valve area* inherent
in the 4-valve layout, permits good tup-
erid power without opening the valves
fast or far enough to compromise
torque. The intake manifold has two
resonance points * one centered around
3006 rpm. the other around 4fMJ0 1 de-
pending on whether the butterfly is
open or shut. The fuel-injection com-
puter signals the butterfly to open and

Mew aero device* for F 87 ?28 include computer-controlled radiator louvers to reduce C ri ,

ty for serious acceleration testing, but
Porsche's performance figures are tra-
ditionally conservative.

The claimed top speed is 165 mph for
the 5-speed and 162 for the automat ic. 1
saw an honest 163 mph on the Auto-
bahn near Stuttgart, and could have
easily bettered it with a combination of
less rain, less traffic, less jetlag and
more bravery, Manfred Jahntke,
Porsche’s director of public relations,
suggested that I try again, telling me
that the car was capable of 170!

That kind of performance potential is
unlikely to be utilized here in the U.S.
But what's impressive about the car is
its sophistication, .smoothness and com-
fort. Part of the aerodynamic revision
this year involves a set of louvers ahead
of the radiator which are controlled bv a
microprocessor. They block any unnec-
essary cooling air from entering the
engine comparlmenU and that means
less drag.

The Bosch AnLilock Braking System
won't be used by most drivers on dry
roads. The brakes are already excel-
lent,, and pedal pressures sufficiently
high enough to call the ARS into play
just aren't something you need very
often. Rut on wet roads, ahaf It sounds
and feels ns if one or more of the brake
discs is disintegrating, but the car stops
smoothly, and retains all of it's steera-
bility until full Atop. T suggest that you
try out the ABS a few times before you
need it, or it’ll scare you silly.

The engine pulls smoothly and

dose as the engine runs past these
points.

The optional seats have a micro-
processor controller that remembers
three different seating positions, in-
cluding resetting both exterior mir-
rors. That's one seat position for the
driver, another for the spouse, and one
for the 7-foot-taJL parking lot attendant
w ! bo always leaves the seat pressed
against the rear stops.

J was dri ving along a back road in the
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looked uncomprehendingly at the Mo-
nopoly money numbers on the speed o. I
figured l was doing 70 mph or so, just
loafing along in fourth. Later, con-
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impressive. — Mike Allen

Four-valve heads, two knock semen, In-
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Clamp-on dolly

A dolly consisting of a dajnp-and-wheel
assembly helps transport materials for
shop use. However, you won’t find this
dolly at the hardware store or a home
improvement center. It p s a boat dolly
that damps to the boat's transom and
enables the user to move a heavy car-
topper single-handedly. The dolly is

A boat ekAty makes moving large and heavy
sheet fioefc easy. Just clamp it to the sheets
slide It out and wh«l away.

sold at local marinas or In boater's
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The shop enthusiast or builder who
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The jaws of the boat dolly let you move
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ease — or up to eight sheets of 'A-in.
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Bag rack

A towel rack mounted *5 to 8 in, above
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—Walter E. finrfon

Ungluing wood

You can unglue a small wood project by
placing it in an oven and heating the
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HINTS

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READERS

Picture frame repair

Repair decorative picture frames, as
well as other intricate wood moldings,
pottery and ceramic ware, with a mod-
eling materia! that can be baked hard in
a kitchen oven. The material is Bold
under the name Hculpey or Poly form —
the same product, but with different
packaging. Soften the material by
kneading, then mold it like modeling
day using simple tools or kitchen uten-
sils , Rake it at 325* for about 20 minutes
until hard Its maker claims it's nontox-
ic and won't shrink or crack in baking.
It can be sanded, drilled or carved after
hardening. The hardened repair patch
is glued in place, then painted to match
the surrounding surface. Sculpey and
Polyform art sold at art and hobby
supply stores in 2- and £-pound boxes
for about $6 and $22 respectively. For
more information, write Polyfomi
Products Co,, 9420 West Byron St. „
Shlller Park, IL601?tk— Dong Eixma * i

I Frame has damaged area of molding.

2 Mold | right} Is shaped from undamaged
area, then baked. Patch [left) Is pressed
Into mold, removed, trimmed and baked.

3 After patch has been baked and glued
J« place, the frame Is spray-painted,

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FURNITURE
AND CRAFTS

Bam/Garden Shed Ow well -deigned yard
building provides handsome storage for
yard WKTrhr hand tools, power *N|uipmi:nt,
garden ing supplies and a gardening center
For the whole fa mjly. 1l also has an upstair
Loft ! Dim : 12 * 1ft it. Plans. instruction man-
ual & material Jisr. (1 plan: PL-127H— S3C].S0>
(2 plans: PL-I27SA-$1?.50)

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Car Build Back in the era or the trolley ear
and Mode I -T. the roll top desk was popular
in bush hurtic ansi njffkt* today iYx a chvr
ished antique. Build one yourself in fine
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Plans and material list are included.

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• Compact Canister with Beater
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and from bare floors Mo bags to buy
because it has a reusable dust cartridge!
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ment! Include: G-H flexible SL-Cfjdn hose
with on /off control and elbow extension for
edge /corner cleaning,, crevice tool, round
brush, and upholstery nozzle. Retractable
17-fi cord. Easy-roll wheels and from
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listed. Model EC- 7310. One- Year Limited
Factory Warranty on Parts and Labor,

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